I hate to say this, but even the fact that he would consider joining is a red flag. I'm so sorry.
imo I think a chunk of those people just don't care because they see her as someone from 'the other side' so her death is acceptable and she should have 'complied'/she shouldn't have been there/etc etc etc. The other chunk is currently radio silent because they are short circuiting as she was a white woman and they didn't think white people were ever going to be in any danger. Even one of my previous techs, who never misses an opportunity to declare her views, who would crawl up Trump's dingus (ETA: I had a choice word here but SDN changed it do 'dingus' lolol) if she could, hasn't said a peep about this because I think she is experiencing cognitive dissonance.
I'm gonna be honest as someone who doesn't know what's going on unless there is a major headline...I didn't even know why they were in Minneapolis until I looked it up. I mean I assume they are just going to hit every metro area at this point
We as human beings are not designed for the constant stream of trauma the 24-hour news cycle throws at us. I usually do a weekly round up on the highlights and frequently find myself feeling uninformed but it’s too much with school and just trying to survive.
I live exceptionally close to a different border and our international externs (most often from Mexico and Brazil) have often made trips over on their weekends. We've advised they stop doing that, or they've been to scared to do it on their own accord recently.
With you being in Texas I guess that's not surprising...I was a little worried when I was in Tampa but conservatives were absolutely the minority in the hospitals I was at. Your answer might be to leave Texas tbh
i have multiple thoughts here so i apologize if this is a long response.
i find myself often doomscrolling when major news like this hits. its just one post after another and it goes on for weeks until finally the social media “gods” give me a break and return me to my normal algorithm of golden reel pulls and sea lion videos.
i’ve had the opposite experience and didn’t realize just how many felt that way until the BBB passed and it was all over the DFV and APVMA fb pages. especially any post that talks about forgiveness of loans too.
Houston is far more blue than CStat... And it stresses me out being in this state too. I will say there is a small blue bubble at the vet school to hold on to.
They're targeting all major metro areas, it's just the more liberal ones that are getting the media because of Mango Mussolini from TEMU trying to find an excuse to declare martial law.
I have a countdown going for myself to get out of here.
I know. Houston is supposed to be blue, but Whitmire is a trash mayor and just another bystander.
It's blue relative to other areas of TX, non-metro areas, and is at least a diverse city. I feel your pain though.
How any vet can support the BBB is beyond me
LA vets being conservative and thus against loan forgiveness drive me mad. I would 100% go LA if it were not for debt load. Farmers can b*tch about it all they want but the ways they vote directly inhibits young LA vets from being able to fulfill those roles so I guess they can be stuck in a LA vet care desert indefinitely.
Where are you going this fall? Many vet schools are located in more rural and/or conservative areas fwiw
Real. Unfortunately i don’t think any or the schools i applied to are in super blue areas though 🫠
I agree with the take that runaway tuition costs are heavily to blame for the debt and loan situation that lead to this. It was just a matter of time before something radical resulted.
As someone who has been cursed to be a blue dot in red states my whole life, I have to say the silver lining at least is that the queer communities are much closer because we have to be 😅. Similarly, progressives who live and stay in Hicktown, USA (e.g. my hometown lol) tend to be more active in our communities and committed to improving them. Still sucks when state and local politics try to make your life hell, though 🥲
Plenty of older vets with minimal or no debt, or younger vets that were/are able to pay OOP for tuition, who absolutely have the 'pay back what you owe, it was your choice' mindset. I see it fairly often in the various DVM Facebook groups.
Starting this by saying I'm 1000000% liberal. But you can't threaten (or insinuate, I guess) someone for wearing a MAGA hat unless you're okay with the same happening to you for wearing an Obama/Biden/Kamala/whoever hat. And most people are not going to be okay with that. I fully get that the implication of voting for/supporting Trump in the present day is very different but at the end of the day, civility is pretty important and if you get in, you're stuck in a room with these people for years. Idk. A school is not the place to be saying 'I don't like your hat so it's on sight' imo. Also don't forget that this would probably risk you getting disciplinary action
I had a parent cosign my one private loan and I think that's why my interest rate was so low? This was back in 2015 so super old times, but still. It was a Discover student loan though. If it's a private student loan, they are fairly predatory so I assumed they'd sign just about anyone
OP had posted they had an interview for a dual degree at a school…that school held the CK memorial back in september. I left campus while hundreds of people with the “red hats” walked in. Despite being in a predominantly blue state, they are everywhere. Doesn’t matter how blue or red you think the location of the school is, people from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds are there.
You may not have the liberty of choosing your top— so you need to be prepared to coexist and collaborate with your classmates who may not share similar views as you for the next 4+ years.
Very much this.
Agree 100% and would also add that as a vet, your clients and often coworkers are also going to come in with a variety of questionable opinions, political and otherwise, and making peace with that now will save you a lot of headache down the road 😅
when i was applying, i only applied to places i realistically saw myself living and have strong views on reproductive rights. however, nowhere is perfect. you can go to the bluest or red-est corner of the US and still find someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Vet school was probably the first time that I was in really close quarters with outwardly conservative individuals. Granted, Trump's first election happened when I was in second (third?) year and people were more vocal about things than ever before. You will have people in school, at work, in your family, etc that will be on the opposite end of the political spectrum from you. The thing about work/school is that if you choose to harass people, you can/will face life-altering consequences which might include firing/expulsion. And that harassment can absolutely be you thinking you're having a conversation with someone, but it's not a welcome conversation.
Also fwiw, any public/state school is not going to be able to do anything about rallies, speakers, marches, etc. from either side of the spectrum. Public school = public property, for the most part. My undergrad had weekly anti-abortion speakers, some preacher-type guy who brought in a mic and boombox, etc. and they'd park it outside on the grass somewhere all day. These groups would carry around really graphic imagery and/or shout things at students. They have a right to be there just as I would have my right to wave a Planned Parenthood sign around the same campus. Private schools are different I assume. I'm not even sure a public school can ban political attire tbh, because unless there are graphic words/imagery, it's not inherently 'offensive' just because you disagree with it.
Oh for real. Excellent point. Working ER in FL, can't tell you how many times I had someone in a room with a MAGA hat/shirt on. A lot of pets came in with 'Trump 202_' collars. Even a few pets named 'Trump.' My coworkers were really diverse, and with aesthetic appearances that would make your most MAGA of MAGA-ers start shouting about snowflakes. I can't recall any client actually giving me/us any politically-based trouble, but I also never commented on their attire (and obvi treated their pet just like I would anyone else's) and afaik, none of my coworkers every did either. Why? Because commenting would be completely inappropriate and unprofessional. Wasn't there a Grey's episode about Bailey having to treat a dude with a swastika tattoo? For as ridiculous as that show is, there are some legit story lines sprinkled in.
oh yes 100%. i was moreso just throwing it out there that saying it’s “on sight” wouldn’t bode well for them as there were many individuals there, and just to give them a more realistic example.
Coincidentally reminded of the time a client complained she wouldn't be forced to vaccinate her dog [for rabies] if trump was president.
clearly since AI data centers matter more than our protected species on protected lands 😍😍😍
Again stating that I'm 100000% liberal but I do think this is what liberals, generally speaking, forget. Trump supporters have absolutely every right to march, shout, campaign, whatever. That is their right. You can absolutely disagree, you can hold a counter march/rally, whatever, but you can't really take measures to stop them. In my tiny corner of the world I see a lot more liberals trying to 'put a stop to' various conservative events rather than the other way around. If you get to do it, so do they
Random but my current conservative coworker got really quiet when all of the protections/fundings for various animal-related things started getting cancelled or scaled way back. And a lot of that stuff happened nearly immediately once he took office.
I think it depends. This is probably the minority of people, but I do know a small handful of people that got creative (or maybe just smart?) about their repayment approach in the context of PSLF and are set to pay essentially nothing of their initial balance before it's all forgiven. If that still happens. My coworker is doing this and I believe her 120th payment is imminent so I'm very curious to see how it plays out for her
