r/NewParents • u/AutoModerator • Nov 13 '24
Weekly Discussion Election Discussion [MEGATHREAD]
Want to talk about the election?
Have feelings you need to get off your chest?
Worry, upset, fear, excitement, questions, concerns you want to voice and discuss with others?
This is the thread to do it on.
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u/VHRose01 Nov 15 '24
I’m really considered about the spread of mis-information about vaccines with RFK in power now. As a new mom with an infant, we fully buy into the science and believe in vaccines. It’s scary to think that a new generation or population of parents might actually be brainwashed to think that vaccines don’t work.
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u/HA2HA2 Nov 13 '24
The biggest threat to my daughter’s health, safety, and happiness is the new administrations promised plans. I hate that my neighbors are doing this to us.
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u/HydeAway88 Nov 16 '24
Look more into the Dobbs decision. I was actually concerned about it when it first came down too, but after I looked into it, the justices made it pretty clear that the federal government won't play a role in it either way. So, even if the orange one wanted to enact a federal abortion ban, he can't.
I assume that was what you were referring to.
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u/HA2HA2 Nov 16 '24
Even if I believed them on that (I don’t, I think they’d happily rubber stamp a federal abortion ban, they’re pretty good at using complicated legal reasoning to get to whatever conclusion the Republican Party wants them to), that doesn’t help people who live in red states.
Though I was also referring to the antivaxxer that Trump wants to put in charge of HHS, not looking forward to various childhood diseases coming back. Or the fact that he nominated a literal child molester as AG (can’t expect crimes against women and children to get much priority in prosecutions under him…) Or that he’s going to stop any attempts to fight climate change, which my baby is going to have to live with long after everyone in this administration is dead of old age.
The future has never looked bleaker, and it’s not doing that on its own - it’s my fellow countrymen that are doing it to us.
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u/Chris_Lanc0 Nov 14 '24
I thought this community is about new parents. What’s the election got to do with that? You have to turn everything political?
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u/41arietis Nov 16 '24
I'm UK based so don't have any skin in this game, but considering our political leaders dictate everything to do with our healthcare, education, gun laws, environment I can see why a lot of US parents might want a space to talk about how this impacts them as a family, their plans for their family, the safety of their kids, the future of the environment their kids will be living in... Bear in mind that there are people with school age kids here as well...
It's not about making everything political, but policies have a MASSIVE impact on our kids lives and our individual livelihoods and our ability to provide for our kids.
It's totally reasonable for people to need a space to talk about their feelings on the recent election AS PARENTS in a parenting forum.
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u/Chris_Lanc0 Nov 16 '24
I was under the assumption this community is about the struggles of news parents, the fear, the anxiety, the health concerns, the sleep deprivation etc. That we’re trying to create the village we lack in modern times to support one another, no matter where we come from and what we believe in.
There are plenty of other spaces to discuss policies and politicians and whatever else.4
u/41arietis Nov 17 '24
"The fear, the anxiety, the health concerns" I think fears and anxieties over how your right to vaccinate your newborn baby may change with certain policies falls into all three of these categories?
The mods made this a very clearly distinct space so that you have to actively click on it to be exposed to any politics. It keeps it separate from the main feed so people don't chat about it there. If you don't want to see political points being made... Don't click on the election megathread? And if you don't agree with this space being here, then message the mods!
Rule number 1 is Don't be a jerk, and it's not kind to comment here in a manner that could guilt or shame those who are using this space appropriately that the mods have made for them. Presidential elections massively impact people's lives and families, people may have lost their village through their voting choices and need to talk about how they're suddenly even more alone than they were before. Sitting here and saying no one should be talking politics is saying this subreddit should cut new parents off from an online village as well.
You're entitled to your political/apolitical opinions but don't rage bait yourself by entering a clearly marked as political thread and then get upset by the political content you find there.
Again, complain to the mods directly if you have an issue, don't put something publicly out there for everyone to read that could make scared, tired, anxious, sleep deprived, village-less new parents feel even worse about their situation. This subreddit is meant to be a protective space.
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u/Chris_Lanc0 Nov 17 '24
I’m sorry not going to read all that, came to comment majority agrees with me since this “MEGA THREAD” has like 8 comments. Have a nice day.
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u/autistic-mama Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
I'm American-born, but I didn't grow up in the States. Now that I'm stuck here as an adult, I've never wished more that I could leave. We're an embarrassment. A dangerous embarrassment.