(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . I came out as ANGRY today. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-12 I am 60 years old, and I have finally come to the conclusion that I am just angry. Well, not JUST angry. I'm tired, too. And, disappointed. And, I suspect, that all of this has just boiled down, over the years, to an overwhelming and indefatigable sense of despair. And, it is time to say: I am angry. I am angry for being treated badly. I am angry for being treated poorly because I am Jewish. I am angry for being treated poorly because I am gay. I am angry for being treated poorly because my body did not act the way it was "supposed to" when I was a child. I am angry for being treated poorly because my body did not act the way it was "supposed to" during puberty. I am angry for being treated poorly that, because my body, being as it is, has put me into a third category in a world that wants gender to be an either/or thing. I am angry that people who claim to be Christian don't give a shit what Jesus said. I am angry that they are hurtful and violent. I am angry that I have suffered arson and vandalism and rape and threats of murder and abuse in awe-inspiring diversity by people who that claim that they are morally better than I am. I am angry that my rights are up for grabs during every election. I am angry that people who say that they love me still vote against my rights in every election. I am angry that they spend their money in organizations that freely take that money and use it against me for reasons as trivial as "I like their fries". I am angry that greed is destroying the earth. I am angry that we are looking down the barrel of cataclysm in our environment. I am angry that humans have hunted so many species to death. I am angry that we have polluted the air and the water and the soil into unsustainability for reasons as trivial as "plastic forks are easier to deal with". I am angry that we are facing a fascist future. I am angry that it was so easy. I am angry that, despite me yelling about this since 1992, nothing has happened, as I have watched the fascists march the ball down the field, and people called me "hysterical", "hyperbolic", and a "Holocaust fetishist". I am angry that we are now looking at a 46%/45% split in our country, and, really, that is proof enough that we have already lost. I am angry that people can't be bothered to vote. I am angry that, even when I tell people that my very existence, my marriage, my *life* is on the ballot, they maintain that they aren't going to vote. I am angry that people say that "both parties are the same". I am angry that people say to me that voting for a Democrat is like staying in a relationship with an abusive partner. I am angry that the middle class is gone. I am angry that disposable income is a thing of the past. I am angry that all the wonderous little stores and restaurants that made every city unique are dead or dying, and that we are becoming the United States of Generica. I am angry that we care more about "Dancing With the Stars" than how to save the world. I am angry that I am living to see the destruction of a beautiful world, which I love, and a magnificent country filled with diversity in peoples and tastes and smells and things to see. I am angry that the bees are dying. I am angry that I can't see the stars at night. I am angry that it is politically advantageous to have people without potable water, sufficient food, or education for education's sake. I am angry. I am sick of fighting. I am exhausted. And I am disappointed that my country and my world have come to the edge of extinction, and that so many people don't seem to care. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/12/2199067/-I-came-out-as-ANGRY-today?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/