Keep Hope Alive

[H2O Man]

" Catastrophizing is a cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion, usually with very limited information or objective reason to despair. When a situation is upsetting, but not necessarily catastrophic, they still feel like they are in the midst of a crisis."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/catastrophizing#:~:text=Catastrophizing%20is%20a%20cognitive%20distortion,the%20midst%20of%20a%20crisis.


We are in a historic struggle that goes beyond what, in theory, would be an election contest between a Democrat and republican candidate for president. As a "historic struggle," it will involve stumbling blocks, set-backs, disappointments, and frustrations. Without these things, it could not possibly be defined as a "historic struggle," now, could it?

It would instead be "business as usual." But this is truly a struggle between democracy and dictatorship. The foundation stone of democracy is the rule of law. For the first time in our nation's history, a former president is facing both criminal and civil charges. Those criminal charges are at both the state and federal levels. And we all want to see him convicted, for these are serious crimes that threaten democracy.

In order to decrease the chances of the defendant facing consequences, your and my enemy wants to increase the catastrophizing among Democrats. They want us tired, discouraged, and thinking like Eeyore and behaving like Chicken Little. They are the phantoms that Carlos wrote about in "Journey to Ixtlan," seeking to trick you into believing lies.

During the months to come, you can expect to see misinformation and disinformation flowing out like endless rain into a Russian gutter, across the internet. Do not step in it. So not argue with it. Do not repeat it.

Even on a good forum, we sometimes see one of our friends expressing doubts about the future, and even catastrophizing. For it is a human trait, that we all might be prone to once in a while. For example, if your doctor has a serious look on her face, and says she needs to order some tests. Or if you are really tired, and didn't fully read an article, but are reacting to a headline. Maybe you are doing your taxes, have the television on, only only hear a bit of a report, and your kid is asking you about cursive writing. Or you are intoxicated on alcohol, pot, mushrooms, and/or LSD. Could happen to any of us.

The thing is, catastrophizing isn't a good thing for Democrats. Look what it has done to what was once the republican party. Has not the defendant convinced his maga cult that everything is either terrible or tragic? And that only he can fix it? If you don't believe me, try telling some shit stain wearing a maga hat that things are getting better, a little better all the time with President Biden in office. They will tell you it couldn't get much worse.

We are in a historic struggle. There will be tough times and bad things that are real. We need to be accurate, focused, rational, and strong. That makes it better in tough times, and at our best we can not lose. We need to be at our bests. And kick the shit out of the maga cult.