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I am trying to be patient because I 100% get that people are terrified but I am really struggling with all this knee-jerk public defeatism from other liberals and leftists right now

I'm poor and disabled. I'm one of the first on the chopping block when the shit goes down. (Social safety nets keep me alive.) I can't PHYSICALLY do anything to help, so, respectfully, this kind of "stop being pessimistic" stuff feels ableist and dehumanizing. I'm not allowed to express my fear?

I feel like if people see me, people like me, expressing that they actually feel threatened, they may also feel motivated to do what they can. But right now it's catharsis and hoping others help, because that's all there is.

I can't speak for Faine, but how I feel is that it's legit to be afraid and express that. 🫂 But maybe that's different from defeatism? The stuff that bothers me is posts that seem to actively WANT *everyone* to be as freaked out as possible at all times. Responding to even good news with "we're 1/