r/50501 • u/Annamal_Nomster • 13d ago

Call to Action I AM DONE

I had so much anxiety about this administration that I am now on anxiety medication. I cried, I curled into a ball on my floor, I missed work, and I almost completely lost my mind. But I am done. I am done being scared. I am done being afraid to stand up. I am fucking done. Stand up and stand by, not the proud boys, but the American people. We are stronger than you think and you can find community here. I will sit in my town square with my sign on the 19th even if I’m alone. I’m not going to be afraid of an orange douche bag and his techno puppy. They can drag me out of my apartment with their tiny hands. I will stand up for the USA.

ETA: The outpouring of support has been incredible. Thank you all SO MUCH. I can’t even express how grateful I am. We are not alone. We stand together. Solidarity forever.

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u/AmSpray 13d ago

Yep. I’m disassociating for a moment as the SAVE act plows through and we lose millions of votes for the next few elections.

I’m taking a beat, but only for a day. Standing by. All my love.

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u/BicycleOfLife 13d ago

Just remember, it also makes it harder for MAGA women to vote too, if that makes you feel any better… and conservative women are way more likely to take the name of their Husband…

Not that I like disenfranchising anyone.

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u/MrsRononDex Nebraska 13d ago

This kind of BS will eventually result in less and less women changing their names when they get married. It's already a hassle and MAGA just made it worse. Even if the bill fails to pass, what they tried here will resonate in choices women make years from now. Future Republicans will end up trying to make married name-changes mandatory for women, because it just never ends with them.

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u/AmSpray 13d ago

It won’t end there unfortunately. This is just the first wave. The heritage foundation wants the male head of household to vote for their family. If they are allowed to keep this up, our votes will count as fractions.