I asked The Home Front’s loyal readership about their feelings about a potential government shutdown. Their feelings were clear and unanimous.
“You won’t ever win these battles unless you’re willing to stand the fuck up and fight back.” - Doug W.
“NO! Shut it down and remind everyone every day that republicans hold the House Senate White House and the Supreme Court . Never try to negotiate with a sociopathic bully!” - Moe
“The Democrats need to get fucking loud and start calling out all the republican lies. If our leadership will not do it, then they need to step down and let the ones that will !!” - Susan G.
“Shut down the government! The shutdown will land at the feet of republicans. The Trump administration will have to bring back the employees. Why should we be blackmailed by this corrupt administration.” - Lynn W.
“Catherine is right we do never seem to win, so we can’t operate based on normal assumptions...if it is going to cause us to have to go to the mattresses, let’s do it sooner rather than later--because if we don’t, based on this metaphor, we are just going to get two to the back of the head.” - Jason M.
“As a fed employee, I say no! Don’t give in to bullies!” - S.C.
“No. They were going to do all this bad stuff anyway. The Dems might as well fight the good fight on behalf of the American people.” - Dyann B.
“Maybe I’m just burnt but this whole shutdown thing and not just since Trump but it just seems so stupid and contrived... like a way to scare us into accepting crap and accepting the unacceptable as inevitable when it’s not it just feels like the people in DC are yankin’ us around” Chloe H.