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.

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[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.