Dear American friends

[blamebrampton]

What the fucking fuck?

I mean, I know that you are all also saying what the fucking fuck, because we're friends and all, but, fuck …

I am rarely reduced to spluttering profanity, but when you have one state banning abortion one day and another legalising murder the next …

Seriously, if any of you like marsupials, I do recommend Sydney or Melbourne. It's not perfect here, but it's much less grim if you're not a wealthy white man.

You're all going to stay and try to fix things, aren't you? Because you've got that American capability and boundless hope. In which case, GOOD LUCK! I believe in Americans like YOU! And those other fuckers can fuck right off.

Comments

[teas-me.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you this. If I weren't married (because he's never leaving the state, let alone the country) and it wasn't difficult to move to another country and live there for the rest of my life, I totally would.

Things like this make me embarrassed and sad that I'm American. This is not who I am and my country is definitely not representing me (or millions of people like me) to the best of their abilities.

America isn't the great place people seem to think it is. We actually kind of suck when it comes to basic human rights.

But I think I better shut up now before the FBI or the NSA or whatever other flavour of the week National agency finds out and suddenly no one can find me.

[noeon.livejournal.com]

Exactly. What the fucking fuck?

[femmequixotic]

I think my boundless hope is starting to reach its bounds.

:(

[geneva2010.livejournal.com]

Juries are one thing, but the anti-abortion nightmare is downright depressing.

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

We are not all moronic idiots here. We don't all agree with the disgusting behavior exhibited by many of our elected officials. Unfortunately, however, thinking for oneself has given way to just believing what you are told without question. Repeatedly voting against your own best interests, putting people in office who don't have the slightest interest in doing what's best for the citizens. Hate anyone and everyone who is the slightest bit different, or not as fortunate in circumstances. I am left feeling hopeless and helpless with no idea what to do about any of it. Dig a hole and crawl in, maybe. I actually have opinions about how we got here, and who to blame, but nobody really cares, or is willing to do anything about anything. The new America's motto is, "I've got mine, so screw you. Oh, and I want yours as well." By the way, have you heard what Justin Beiber may or may not have done. This passes for news. Not the country I was raised to believe it was. Not even close. I despair.

[sherryillk.livejournal.com]

I can't say I'm too surprised. I was really hoping they would at least give him manslaughter but it didn't feel like the prosecution was doing too well... :(

I just can't get over the fact that Trayvon Martin was probably just trying to defend himself against a creepy adult that was stalking him and had a gun. T_T I really wonder what would happened if Zimmerman had been the one killed instead of him...

[frances-veritas.livejournal.com]

i feel so sick and hopeless right now actually. man oh man.

[wenchilada.livejournal.com]

Yes ma'am. What the fuck, y'all???

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Quite.

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

What the fucking fuck?

Exactly.

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

There is no consistency when it comes to States Rights. You will always have the red (conservative) states against the blue (liberal) states and never the two shall meet. If you took the whole center of the United States and moved it over, then took the east coast and the west coast and stuck them together, you would have two completely different countries bearing little resemblance to each other.

Truly, we aren't all morons. (Just the ones in power?) IDK, it's pretty embarrassing. There is no consistency. It is hypocritical to make laws that run completely in opposition to each other. I guess to the rest of the world the US just looks to be bipolar!!

[kareina.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you are talking about, since, unlike you, I don't follow the news, and, honestly, I am not certain I want to know the details, it will likely just make me grateful that I live in Sweden, and I enjoy it enough here on its own merits, I don't need to think less of other places to like this one...

[nathalieweasley.livejournal.com]

What the fucking fuck?
Yes, exactly.

I have become more politically-aware recently (previously I was of the politicians are corrupt/all the legal stuff is crap and sucks but doesn't affect me variety) and these issues are making me sick. I stayed up and watched the entire Wendy Davis filibuster with a friend and it was one of the most inspirational things I've seen, particularly when I'm watching and the Youtube view count reaches over 200,000 on a week night. And then the politicians step back in and organize a new voting. And Ohio quietly passes a new anti-abortion law. And Wisconsin adds measures. As does North Carolina....

And the MURDER case of Trayvon is pissing me off as well. On one hand, no one should have a "trial by media." HOWEVER, a kid was murdered and a man carrying a gun who was recommended not to have the gun AND to not follow the kid KILLS THE KID. It is very difficult to understand a defense of self-defense when ten minutes earlier the killer was in a locked car viewing a pedestrian with no hints that he was armed.

On a side note, I'm planning to move to France after getting my PhD...

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

It is terrible. I don't understand what is happening in this country.

[ngelinadb.livejournal.com]

I am so depressed right now....

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

What the fucking fuck indeed!
Please fight this! The percentage of voters in the US is abysmal. Please use your democratic rights and vote! And use your voice to make sure that everyone knows that you disagree.
I've sort of given up, and just want to stick my fingers in my ears and sing lalalalala here in my safe scandinavian corner of the world. Unfortunately that won't help the people stuck living in less fortunate places, like the US. I've always wanted to spend a few years as an expat, living there. But not anymore. I'd be scared to death taking my family there. Maybe when the kids are grown and living on their own...

[emmacmf.livejournal.com]

Zimmerman walks away, having ended someone's life, yet last year, Marissa Alexander (also from Florida) got 20 years for shooting a wall when she was trying to ward off her abusive husband. Fuck everything.

And don't even get me started on Republican fuckwits linking liberals to a coathanger site.

[takarai-karin.livejournal.com]

I came form a country where the majority of people have probably never seen a real gun IRL and most probably never will, and this case just baffles me to no end.

Watching Anderson Cooper trying to be his impartial self even infuriated me, and I couldn't watch the trials in details as it's very upsetting.

I hope the American people are doing something about this. John Oliver (Of Jon Stewart's Daily Show fame) did a very interesting report on gun control in Australia that your fellow countrymen applied after a gun massacre to show how the system could honestly work. I feel like every body should watch that.

My thoughts and prayers are for the child's family and friends.

[ozdobe.livejournal.com]

Being Australian, I always thought that "you have the right to vote and we will fine you if you don't" was funny, but over here, where people don't have to vote, guess who votes? The ones with an extreme view. So instead of getting people elected who will contribute to the nation, you get those with extreme platforms who will suck in the voters with their extreme views and ta-da (as someone said) bi-polar USA. At least in OR we have vote by mail so you get a much higher "turnout". I usually vote except the last time (a local election) when I didn't know anyone running and none of them bothered to place a bio in the voting pamphlet (of which I did not get a copy since there were no relevant bios for my area). I also had too many other problems at the time to cope with anything. I think OR does well, we have a democratic govt for the most part and we have brought back a governor who had a brief respite between elections. He is our 35th and 37th governor with 2 consecutive and the current term. I like him - my husband did not. There is hope folks.

[connorblond.livejournal.com]

Fuck indeeded, I agree.

[teganscrush.livejournal.com]

"What the fucking FUCK?" should replace any national saying we have. I just can't even believe where this country has gone. And where we continue to go.

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

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[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

WORD.

[valkyrie17.livejournal.com]

You said it.

The US scares the crap out of me right now. I live in Canada, and we are started to see some looney tunes cropping up with the same stupid ideas here.