#it's like 11:30 pm i'm sorry to be grumpy at you but like jesus dude 90% of that post was discussion of what a billionare is &why we should

[freckliedan]

You actually support Bernie? I don’t mean to come across aggressive but I would just be surprised if that were the case, given how Bernie is. I mean like no offense but he's exhibited racist, sexist, & (low-key) homophobic tendencies. In terms of racism he has exhibited, in 2016 Sanders dismissed Democratic voters in the South (who happen to be overwhelmingly black) as not mattering while acting as though the Democratic voters in North and Midwest (who are predominately white) did matter. (1/3)

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bud i literally actively avoid all national politics that do not have a direct impact on me and that i have no way of influencing/creating change about. i'm going to do my research on presidential candidates before the election obviously but i actively and intentionally have no fucking idea what is going on with the primary campaigning or whatever bc of how bad it is for my health.

i wish i didn't feel like i should justify that health comment but i do, and i also want to share to let others know that it's okay to like.. do what i do re: politics? anyways.

i'm neurodivergent, mentally ill, and am chronically ill as well; i'm a student in my last semester of college and i work while also PAYING to work what is essentially a second job (my practicum placement through school). i don't talk a lot about my practicum on this blog, but since january i have been running two local support groups for lgbtq+ teens, working to start a group for young adults who are over the age of 18, and i've also begun working with my college advisor to lend my knowledge to a group starting on campus. i've also been in the middle of almost every single local lgbtq+ youth event since january. part of the final push to start therapy was to do better by the kids, all of whom are traumatized in various ways. up until august i was for the most part the single adult actively engaging with the youth who attend, and numbers were reaching up to the mid twenties.

the point is if i force myself to pay constant attention to horrible political news that i have literally no way of impacting it results in my health tanking and me not being able to do the work i do right now in my community! which is a Lot and which i am literally going into debt to do!

it matters when it comes time for me to vote that i be informed, but right now it matters more that i not be informed. i just reblogged that post because i loathe billionares and appreciated the visual representations/explanations of what a billion is; it's an extremely difficult concept to grasp bc of how large a number that is and i've appreciated and rb'd posts that visually represent what a billion is before. this was a new one so i added it to my tag.

it's valid that you're so filled with anger at the world we live in; i'm filled with anger too, anger and grief. i'm not the person to direct your anger at, though, and even if i were the person you assumed me to be in your asks contacting me out of anger wouldn't've been constructive or helped your cause.