Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa have all seen their right-wing parties collapse in popularity since Trump took over.
We were headed for a hard-right turn, but this shift is absolutely unprecedented in modern times. The stark reality of a right wing nationalist future really got people to pay attention.
Unfortunately, it’s at the cost of the millions of us in the US who will now suffer
And to be honest? Thank fuck. Thank fuck that for the time being it seems we are learning from the batshit-shithouse example being set by the US.
And as an Australian, I am especially glad that it’s basically hopefully knock on wood guaranteed Dutton (the trump fan opposition leader now desperately backtracking his support) is going to lose his seat and be kicked out of parliament. Even if the Coalition get in, Dutton is very much likely to not be the PM. Thank fuck.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you let something slide because you were too shocked to react in the moment, you can bring it up the next time you talk to that person, you can text them, you can let them know it won’t slide again in the future. you don’t have to just accept that behavior indefinitely because you couldn’t gather your thoughts to say it made you uncomfortable when it first happened. you’re not making anything awkward, you are giving someone an opportunity to show care for you, and telling them you trust them enough to change their behavior. there is literally nothing wrong or bad with voicing discomfort even if the moment has already passed.
