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Some of what the Pittsburgh terror brings up for me
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 741875" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I dont mind disagreeing on things that are possible. Some of this conspiracy stuff is blatantly untrue. I am not going to give credance to those who think the earth is flat, for example. They are free to think it and believe it and write about it but I dont want to engage them. On a darker subject I don't want to read about the beliefs of the KKK. I think their views are becoming more mainstream and are dangerous but I cant stop them from getting an almost credible hearing in some places. The alt.right. That thinking. Its on the news these days. Why listen?</p><p></p><p>People always got hurt, Else. We cant stop that. It will never stop sadly. I try to volunteer and help in my neck of the woods. I can help people I know who live near me. I can help in our humane society. I can help in the south when we travel, where I am. But....</p><p></p><p>But no matter how sick I feel over say, a school shooting (this is the kind of thing that really affects me) I cant do anything for anyone involved. Its not possible. I can only help out if I am there. So I would rather not even know. And I used to be very interested in politics and the news.</p><p></p><p>I think cable news, talk show hosts like Limbaugh and Trump made me realize that I have to take care of myself and stop getting upset about things and people I cant control. And trust me I am calmer now. As a high anxiety empathic person I had to insulate myself. But in my neck of the woods I am very active in trying to help. What frustrates me is to know about something that is awful and being able to do nothing about it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 741875, member: 1550"] I dont mind disagreeing on things that are possible. Some of this conspiracy stuff is blatantly untrue. I am not going to give credance to those who think the earth is flat, for example. They are free to think it and believe it and write about it but I dont want to engage them. On a darker subject I don't want to read about the beliefs of the KKK. I think their views are becoming more mainstream and are dangerous but I cant stop them from getting an almost credible hearing in some places. The alt.right. That thinking. Its on the news these days. Why listen? People always got hurt, Else. We cant stop that. It will never stop sadly. I try to volunteer and help in my neck of the woods. I can help people I know who live near me. I can help in our humane society. I can help in the south when we travel, where I am. But.... But no matter how sick I feel over say, a school shooting (this is the kind of thing that really affects me) I cant do anything for anyone involved. Its not possible. I can only help out if I am there. So I would rather not even know. And I used to be very interested in politics and the news. I think cable news, talk show hosts like Limbaugh and Trump made me realize that I have to take care of myself and stop getting upset about things and people I cant control. And trust me I am calmer now. As a high anxiety empathic person I had to insulate myself. But in my neck of the woods I am very active in trying to help. What frustrates me is to know about something that is awful and being able to do nothing about it :( [/QUOTE]
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