tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post879596693014826607..comments2023-11-02T01:21:52.355-07:00Comments on TheArtofNotGettingPublished: I'M AFRAIDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-60090273740380440212016-10-17T16:14:13.135-07:002016-10-17T16:14:13.135-07:00Let's pray that it will be the former, Jody. C...Let's pray that it will be the former, Jody. Contrary to all Trump's invented reasons for fear-mongering, it's a terrifying time right now BECAUSE of him. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-43096390826107561182016-10-17T16:07:37.037-07:002016-10-17T16:07:37.037-07:00Thank you so much for your support, Anne. It helps...Thank you so much for your support, Anne. It helps to have other people in the bunker with you. And I don't know how we're going to get out of this either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-44595449851960930652016-10-17T11:22:59.020-07:002016-10-17T11:22:59.020-07:00Thank you for writing this, Susan. I agree with al...Thank you for writing this, Susan. I agree with all that you've said and feel the same sense of fear and -- not just about the man himself and that he's gotten as far as he has, but about his (and his party's) manipulation of the fears of a large segment of our population--people I know, friends and neighbors and family members-- who are genuinely afraid of people not like themselves and consumed by anger without quite knowing why. I never understood how propaganda worked until this election. I never realized how easy it is to prey on people's anxiety and I'm afraid too about what happens when it's all over. Does everyone wake up as if waking from a nightmare? or is this just the beginning of some long national night terror? Jody Casellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892174349776047862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-16257052795533590372016-10-17T09:34:48.845-07:002016-10-17T09:34:48.845-07:00Susan, I share your views here, as well as your fe...Susan, I share your views here, as well as your fear. Watching as things got worse and worse, and not being able to believe each next worst thing that gets reported is terrifying. A small light in the darkness are the posts from my other writer friends in the kid lit world, and those authors and agents I follow on social media. But all the reasoned and reasonable responses to the madness does not give me hope that we are not blowing the potential danger out of proportion. I do fear that Trump is priming his supporters for major violence when he loses (and I hope to God he does lose.) I really don't know how we are going to get out of this.<br />Thank you for your post. There is some comfort in knowing that there are some reasonable voices out there.<br />#ImWithHerPanda in Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160375490647791433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-42606451518266951212016-10-16T18:28:56.989-07:002016-10-16T18:28:56.989-07:00Stephanie, I usually try not to talk politics eith...Stephanie, I usually try not to talk politics either, but this morning it just spilled over. Thank you for being a friend. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-83239738186475892782016-10-16T18:25:58.741-07:002016-10-16T18:25:58.741-07:00Thank you, Nila. I agree that when the bell tolls...Thank you, Nila. I agree that when the bell tolls for any of us, it tolls for us all, and that's why the actions of REAL terrorists are so damaging to the narrow platform of humanity on which we all try to stay balanced.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736019203704382525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-39470584946453818152016-10-16T17:15:37.924-07:002016-10-16T17:15:37.924-07:00I try not to get into politics with my writer/blog...I try not to get into politics with my writer/blogger friends because I adore you all so much, but YES to all this! I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts and I was listening to one on the Jim Jones saga. I kept thinking, "This guy reminds me of someone." Pretty scary, huh? But the way he somehow managed to rope people in even when he was behaving like a complete sleaze? VERY familiar...Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345254913878149620.post-74394428833346822682016-10-16T11:42:49.115-07:002016-10-16T11:42:49.115-07:00Hi Susan, finally catching up here. All of the wor...Hi Susan, finally catching up here. All of the world is watching what's happening in USA and I, like many others feel a real sense of disquiet. Whatever happens we are all affected, even though the rotw doesn't have a say/vote. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. Fingers crossed for a sane and sensible outcome next month. Best wishes always.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.com