Pat Levin, 95 years young, is wrestling daily with something new and depressing.
“It’s left me very afraid,” she said of the 2024 election. “Afraid of the future. Afraid of everything.”
That Donald Trump will be president in her twilight is by far the biggest slice of Levin’s post-election funk. But there’s more: Democratic Sen. Bob Casey was defeated, as was her Democratic congresswoman, Rep. Susan Wild.
Her first memories of politics are of Franklin Roosevelt, and Levin has lived through Vietnam, Watergate, the September 11 attacks and more. And yet this feels more significant, more threatening.
“I want to fight,” Levin said in an interview last week. “I don’t want to fight. I think I have to. Because I think there’s no such thing as staying neutral. I think once you stay neutral, it’s the oppressor who wins and the oppressed who suffer.”
Levin is a lifelong Democrat who wasn’t happy when Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush won the presidency. But never did if feel like this. Her Republican neighbors tell her to relax, that it will all be fine. Levin trusts her instincts.
“I see a man who is not — or a regime now — who is not paying much attention to our history and our norms,” Levin said. “Say what you’d like, but I’m scared. … I’m afraid. Not so afraid for me — I’m not going to be around probably to experience it. But I’m afraid for those I love, for those I don’t love, those I know, those I don’t know. It’s all those people coming after me who might have to live under this.” […]
I really hate “Democrats just wanted the DOJ to save them from Trump instead of having to defeat him themselves” when we literally did defeat him in 2020, and no, Democrats wanted this convicted criminal to go to prison because he committed crimes and someone who tried to overturn the election should be in jail. Hope that helps!
That take is really just scolding liberals for thinking Trump should’ve been held accountable for crimes. They would not make this argument for anyone else. Democrats wanted the system to work. If he didn’t commit crimes, we wouldn’t be having this conversation!
girl that was a LOT of work with a finicky yarn for only a single centimeter to show at the end hahaha 🤦🏻♀️
That’s so, so cute though
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Here’s the whole sock, whilst I struggle through the second one:
Aaaah that’s just precious! It may not feel like it but I think it’s worth it for an interesting and unique doll accessory, plus you can perhaps use them with a different pair of shoes later where they’re more visible
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