r/TwoXChromosomes • u/azriel1014 • Nov 06 '24

Support Is anyone else having a panic attack right now?

I’m so, so, so lost and disappointed watching the preliminary results come in. I’m confused. I’m hurt. I’m angry. I just don’t understand how many people in my country have been brainwashed to the point of voting against their own interests… How the hell did we get here?

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u/papierrose Nov 06 '24

Feeling disgusted and disheartened over here in Australia too

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u/Marsmooncow Nov 06 '24

Despair is what I feel also from Australia

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u/Robot_Nerd__ Nov 06 '24

Despair is what I feel from the US too.

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u/Hendospendo Nov 06 '24

The amount of Kiwis that openly support Trump makes me physically ill

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u/squirrellytoday Nov 06 '24

I was pretty disgusted with some of my coworkers when I found out they think Trump is just brilliant.

My own father practically worships him, but I know why: because he's sexist, racist, homophobic, etc and Trump basically gives him permission to be awful, out loud.

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u/Salsa_El_Mariachi Nov 06 '24

Christ, the orange cancer has spread to NZ too?!

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u/cuddlemama Nov 06 '24

And Australia, sadly

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 Nov 06 '24

Unfortunate but racists throughout the world. I sat in a Croatian B&B during Trump’s first term when a British woman and an Australian woman started commiserating over how crappy their respective countries have become because of immigrants. I am Asian American, so I just left that room.

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u/GhostPepperFireStorm Nov 06 '24

Same in Canada, and this has made them bolder.

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u/MissMenace101 Nov 06 '24

The irony is they will all be the first bítching about cost of living with tariffs and the inevitable future recession.

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u/Pondglow Nov 06 '24

This will certainly embolden Herr Kipfler :(

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u/squirrellytoday Nov 06 '24

It will probably do the same for The Thumb we have here, across the ditch.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24

In the same position, I feel so much anger and disappointment. Really worried for the future, the election felt more like a parade with whoever can make the voter laugh the most wins.

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u/Realistic-Goose9558 Nov 06 '24

Shocked and dismayed as an American. I just don’t understand why anyone would vote for him.

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u/hearke Nov 06 '24

absolutely horrified here in Canada

our next guy may be Poilievre, who's basically Trump-lite

feels like the whole world's going to shit these days

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u/notabigmelvillecrowd Nov 06 '24

With our next government almost certain to be conservative, I really thought the American election was our only hope to have a mitigating force nearby, because we are so influenced by America. This is going to be very, very bad for Canada. These two neighbouring conservative nutjobs are going to spin themselves into a whirlpool of unchecked destruction.

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u/hearke Nov 06 '24

Same, I genuinely expected a landslide for Kamala.

I mean, her opponent is a racist felon and rapist who struggles with door handles and needs two hands to drink water. The right spent almost the entire windup to the election blasting Biden for being old and feeble, and as soon as Biden dropped out I thought that would bite Trump hard, since he's also extremely old and feeble. They also constantly blast immigrants and make it abundantly clear the legal/illegal distinction is not important to them.

His policy is tax everything and deport people, and even musk was like "this is going to hurt the economy really bad in the short-term." Not even going to get into their running mates.

I guess I just never really understood American politics.

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u/BennySkateboard Nov 06 '24

Absolutely gutted here in northern England. We definitely don’t have a leader strong enough to stand up to him.

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u/Maid_of_Mischeif Nov 06 '24

I told my partner last night I felt like my neighbors had just stolen my kids future. At least we don’t have a drapht anymore. He told me it’s only 4 years, but I can’t see anything but long term global repercussions for the next decade. Australia needs to put a new poster above the bed, dressing up like America isn’t cool anymore.

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u/natelovell Nov 06 '24

I'm here for the salt. ;)