Spinsters, my email groups and Facebook feeds are littered with women freaking out about Trump. Full freak out. Everything catastrophic he's going to do. And how he caused the South Korea military coup before he even took office!
I mean, I'm not thrilled about a Trump presidency. I'm worried about his competency and that of those around him, and I don't think he can deliver his promises. But I'm hoping for the best and waiting to freak out until there's something to freak out about. Maybe even then I won't freak out. After 15 years of transgender rule, maybe I've run out of freaks-outs.
For a moment I asked myself, Am I missing something? But I don't think so. It feels like social contagion. And I don't think it works to argue or rationalize with people who are in this freak-out. It reminds me of Y2K. Remember that? Some people are too young. That was a crazy time to be living in a liberal city. Some guy actually handed me a flyer about planning what to do with poop when Y2K happens. You can't respond rationally to people in freak-out mode. It just gets them more upset.
The hard fact of the matter is that we don't know what the future holds. I'm glad I live in a rural area, even though life is harder here in many ways. I live at a slower pace and I don't get thrown off balance easily.
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