“I would never, ever say that I regret supporting the first Black woman vice president, ever. But the disappointment is real,” said one self-described former member of the #KHive, who requested to speak anonymously so as not to alienate themselves from friends made through the movement. “I was obsessed with the idea of this person who could undo the systemic, the systematic racism and sexism and heterosexism in government with one fell swoop, and now I’m thinking to myself, did I just make up a person in my head who could do those things?”

  • 20000bannedposters [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    And while most still say that they have her back until the end, some quietly admit that the comedown from the high of a victorious campaign has been harsher than they’d expected—not that they would ever say so publicly

    Oh man the high that was completely crushing an actual movement with your astroturfed bs that fought to change nothing. That high is coming down? Is it realizing that fighting to change nothing still has the country on track to implode and that trump is right around the corner again?

    Fuck off. This is like reading one of those I'm a reckless boomer that lives in a desert and I'm up set i can't pump from lake Michigan articles.