This is when I think about inside and outside thoughts. We can feel certain things and share them with trusted friends and then when trying to work with others we lead with empathy. I'm not saying I'm perfect at this lol! Far from it. But it's something I try to remember. We all get frustrated by certain things and in some places it's ok…
This is when I think about inside and outside thoughts. We can feel certain things and share them with trusted friends and then when trying to work with others we lead with empathy. I'm not saying I'm perfect at this lol! Far from it. But it's something I try to remember. We all get frustrated by certain things and in some places it's ok to have contentious conversations. But when we move to working with others in our communities we have to leave those conversations in those other spaces.
How do you move forward and come to an understanding with someone who thought a felon and person who is responsible for the attempted insurrection against our country was worthy of the office of president? How do you meet in the middle with someone who ignored the decades of trump being a disreputable businessman. You can’t have morals, character or a belief in democracy and have voted for him. I’d love to be able to say these were uneducated people, but the truth is, they were people who ignored all the warnings and cast an uneducated vote anyway. I’m not sure I want them involved in any attempt to fix a government they’re responsible for helping to destroy.
You're certainly allowed to feel this way, and no one is saying you personally have to build coalitions or interact in any way you don't wish to. Hold boundaries, and do what feels right for you in your personal life!
But we don't get systemic change in our country by not including some of the people who voted for Trump. I know good people who voted for him. I know good people who just didn't vote. I also know people who I choose not to interact with, at all, who voted for him. I hold hard boundaries for anyone who doesn't believe in basic rights for all humans.
Change is hard, and frequently feels unfair. The people who show up and do the work are also the people who get death threats, who are perpetually exhausted and rarely thanked. It's not fun. It's frequently not profitable. And it means understanding that as much as we wish that every single voter in this country was an educated voter, that's not the case. All I am doing in my post is advocating for sharing people's stories - every single person who is affected by the administration, Trump voter or not. Because I think that's how you bring awareness, and get people to stand up. Because I think believing that nothing works = nothing works. Because I think when you start believing that all humans who voted one way are evil, evil wins.
This is when I think about inside and outside thoughts. We can feel certain things and share them with trusted friends and then when trying to work with others we lead with empathy. I'm not saying I'm perfect at this lol! Far from it. But it's something I try to remember. We all get frustrated by certain things and in some places it's ok to have contentious conversations. But when we move to working with others in our communities we have to leave those conversations in those other spaces.
How do you move forward and come to an understanding with someone who thought a felon and person who is responsible for the attempted insurrection against our country was worthy of the office of president? How do you meet in the middle with someone who ignored the decades of trump being a disreputable businessman. You can’t have morals, character or a belief in democracy and have voted for him. I’d love to be able to say these were uneducated people, but the truth is, they were people who ignored all the warnings and cast an uneducated vote anyway. I’m not sure I want them involved in any attempt to fix a government they’re responsible for helping to destroy.
You're certainly allowed to feel this way, and no one is saying you personally have to build coalitions or interact in any way you don't wish to. Hold boundaries, and do what feels right for you in your personal life!
But we don't get systemic change in our country by not including some of the people who voted for Trump. I know good people who voted for him. I know good people who just didn't vote. I also know people who I choose not to interact with, at all, who voted for him. I hold hard boundaries for anyone who doesn't believe in basic rights for all humans.
Change is hard, and frequently feels unfair. The people who show up and do the work are also the people who get death threats, who are perpetually exhausted and rarely thanked. It's not fun. It's frequently not profitable. And it means understanding that as much as we wish that every single voter in this country was an educated voter, that's not the case. All I am doing in my post is advocating for sharing people's stories - every single person who is affected by the administration, Trump voter or not. Because I think that's how you bring awareness, and get people to stand up. Because I think believing that nothing works = nothing works. Because I think when you start believing that all humans who voted one way are evil, evil wins.
Thank you, it's Monday and there isn't enough coffee today to form the thoughts I wanted to. But this is where my brain was going (or trying to).