Re: The World

7:01 AM |

I think Jane's right; I think the areas you're going to be in are probably going to be fine.

Even here, where it's extremely red, it seems okay right now, though I overheard an exchange between two people in the parking lot of the grocery store yesterday that I don't know how much was just someone being an asshole and how much was someone being an asshole because he felt entitled to be, if you know what I mean by the difference.  He had parked his big pickup in the spot next to her much smaller car in such a way that she couldn't back out of her parking spot.  He was crooked and sort of partially behind her, so he was definitely in the wrong, but when she asked him to move his response was "I can park any way I want to, bitch."  I didn't hear exactly what she said to him, so I don't know whether she was equally impolite or not.  I also didn't stick around to see how it played out, but when I came back out of the store, that pickup was straight in its spot and the other car was gone, so.... *shrug*

I also passed someone in the grocery store who was standing talking with some friends and I definitely heard, "Trump'll fix it."  I did my best to restrain my eye roll and snarl as I hurried by them.

We don't seem to be getting calls at work that are any more hateful than usual -- there are always people who are angry that they're not eligible for one program or another and insist that if they were...um...you know what?  There's no delicate way to put it and I'm sure you can guess the sorts of things they say.  My coworker was on the phone with someone a week or so ago who ranted at her for 25 minutes, and it was all that sort of sexist, racist crap, but because he never actually swore at her, she couldn't hang up.  Anyway.  Those calls don't seem to be increasing.  Not yet, anyway.

Laurie

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM Jane Lindamood <jane.lindamood@gmail.com> wrote:
I wish I was on break, I would so make the trip. 

Honestly? You're both white and older, you should be fine. 
You know how big the country is, and it's hard for me to say from KS what the attitude in New England is. But that being said, it sounds like you'll be mostly in pretty liberal/progressive areas and will have little to worry about in terms of political demonstrations being met with police violence. 
That being said, it's impossible to predict what Darth Mango and his muskrat will come up with between now and then. 

Jane


On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM Ellen Rawson <ellenr@fastmail.com> wrote:
No worries -- I was thinking more Boston area. :) 

But about the world... how scary is the US right now? Or is the British media exaggerating?

Ellen

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On Sun, 23 Feb 2025, at 2:11 PM, Grey Malkin wrote:
While I and my traveling buddies would love to see you both, we're definitely too far away.

Laurie

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM Ellen Rawson <ellenr@fastmail.com> wrote:

We will be driving up to the Boston area on Sunday, 6th April, so it's just barely a weekend, but it's a weekend. 

Anyone else? I don't think Beth is here, but I've written to her offlist. Jenna/Gwyn, we'll take you out to dinner if you're not working that night.

Ellen

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  Ellen Rawson


On Sat, 22 Feb 2025, at 5:49 PM, Mina Ellyse Warren wrote:
I'll be leaving Central PA next month for New Hampshire, and I'm sure I'll still be settling in, but I can probably do the hour and a half drive down there, especially on a weekend (every other Friday off too, but if I had to take a day off work, I definitely could!)

And I'd love to see both of you!

Cheers,
     Mina Ellyse



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