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Nov. 3rd, 2004 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
in_the_blueCan I stand back and look at this with complete objectivity? In a detached manner? Without emotion?
No, of course not. But a piece of me can. It's the democratic process at work, and "democratic" is not a dirty word.
Apparently, I disagree with most of my countrypersons about who would best run our nation. It's happened before and it will happen again.
What if we don't work for change? What does that leave for my daughter, who we worked so hard to bring here? I don't want her to see me throw up my hands and give up: what kind of role model would I be?
I hate that Measure 36 passed in Oregon. It will be challenged in the courts. I'm already helping with that effort.
And apparently I'm feeling a bit too shell-shocked to get my arms around all of this all at once, but like everything else, it takes time. But it leaves me with the bigger question: why are so many Americans afraid to embrace change? It's not a bad thing. Why stick with something you know and don't support instead of going with something that has such great potential?
No, of course not. But a piece of me can. It's the democratic process at work, and "democratic" is not a dirty word.
Apparently, I disagree with most of my countrypersons about who would best run our nation. It's happened before and it will happen again.
What if we don't work for change? What does that leave for my daughter, who we worked so hard to bring here? I don't want her to see me throw up my hands and give up: what kind of role model would I be?
I hate that Measure 36 passed in Oregon. It will be challenged in the courts. I'm already helping with that effort.
And apparently I'm feeling a bit too shell-shocked to get my arms around all of this all at once, but like everything else, it takes time. But it leaves me with the bigger question: why are so many Americans afraid to embrace change? It's not a bad thing. Why stick with something you know and don't support instead of going with something that has such great potential?
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Date: 2004-11-03 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-03 06:30 pm (UTC)I don't want that in the Oregon constitution.
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Date: 2004-11-03 07:16 pm (UTC)Immensely disappointing.
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Date: 2004-11-03 08:46 pm (UTC)I think this was an election won by fear.
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Date: 2004-11-04 09:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-04 02:42 pm (UTC)Fear of change is a reaction that comes when you feel you can't cope with what life throws at you - when you feel unrooted by the changes in society. When you long for life to be simple and ordered. That's part of the reason my parents hold racist opinions.