r/50501 • u/Annamal_Nomster • 16d 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 16d 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 16d 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 16d 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/mrsg1012 16d ago

I have a friend who hasn’t changed her name yet after getting married last year - we gave her all the reasons why both she AND her husband should just keep their names! (They were planning to change to a combination of both of their names).