This post says it all.
The name of this blog is “Living Lightly,” but the topic of this post may veer from my intentions when I first started the blog. However, I must write what’s in my heart even if it means some of you (I hope not) decide to unfollow me.
I’m sickened by the political debacle occurring in my country, the United States. I’m tired of people my age–normally the politically active baby boomers–telling me continually they’ve decided not to vote because they are so disgusted with what is happening.
How did we sink so low?
And how much further can we go?
I’m worried. But yesterday, I discovered my new found concerns really should have bothered me before the crisis in electing a president.
Weekend guests to our home showed me I’ve been living under the falsehood that we are a nation of souls who love one another for our diversity and our…
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Meeka's Mind 
October 12th, 2016 at 7:58 am
Thanks for pointing me to the blog, Meeks. She wrote such a heartfelt post. I happened to be close to a TV on the weekend (no TV in the van!) and watched the fallout of the debate with horror. But we are hardly in a position to take the moral high ground, as our politicitians have already locked up refugees and are even unable to vote for marriage equality.
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October 12th, 2016 at 9:18 am
So right, Anne. There is no moral high ground, only a kind of global fear that someone like /him/, in a country so powerful, could get his finger on the big red button. 😦
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