Welp

[sonia]

Sometimes it sucks to be wrong.

I really thought this country could elect an extremely competent Black/South Asian woman over an incompetent white male convicted criminal, even with all the racism, voter suppression, and Russian misinformation bots. I am disappoint.

And also suspicious. I always thought the 2016 results were rigged, and someone in government said they thought so too. These results don't feel right to me. But I'm not sure anyone will be able to do anything about that.

Lots of good posts going around, I'll link to some of them later.

Meanwhile, keep breathing, friends. Keep feeling the earth under you, and keep being your lovely selves and reaching out to each other to give and receive support.

Comments

[julian]

"These results don't feel right to me."

Me neither. Pennsylvania, say. And all this Georgia malarky. But I think (probably) I'm going to resist going down that rabbit hole this time, and instead focus on the activism/work/path forward. And the breathing.

[sonia]

Yeah. (Breathing tiredly.)

[thistleingrey]

These results absolutely feel accurate to me, but then, I have been visibly mixed in this country for almost as long as Harris.

South Asian for Harris, btw, not East--I think it matters.

[sonia]

Fixed, thanks.

I am sorry for your experience and for the world now that they feel accurate. D:

[silveradept]

If there is fraud, it is at least kept to a small enough scale as to not stick out. These appear believable results to me, based on the usual problems of capturing a demographic that is usually reluctant to admit anywhere but the voting booth that they are all-in for racism, misogyny, oligarchy, and strongman style leaders.

This electorate probably would have elevated Alex Jones or Joe Rogan, if they had been run instead.

[sonia]

Yeah, it certainly looks that way.