(Me peeking through the bushes)…this is truly heartbreaking. Social media and main stream media have played such a huge role in demonizing particular candidates. It’s maddening. Some of the comments here are also truly heartbreaking. Just because someone votes or supports a particular candidate does not mean they have hate in them?! What…
(Me peeking through the bushes)…this is truly heartbreaking. Social media and main stream media have played such a huge role in demonizing particular candidates. It’s maddening. Some of the comments here are also truly heartbreaking. Just because someone votes or supports a particular candidate does not mean they have hate in them?! What in the world?? I am a conservative Christian woman and sadly, even typing those words gives me fear of judgements, hate and alienation in this space.😔😣Everything Sharon said rings true to everything I’ve been taught aside from the fact that it’s just common decency to love your neighbor. How can I, knowing what I believe treat someone different simply because of who they choose to vote for? That just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s heartbreaking. My moral belief system goes against it. Who I am goes against it. And then on the flip side, how can someone who aligns so heavily with inclusivity of everyone exclude another because they believe differently? That just doesn’t make sense either. I said it earlier but it’s. Just. So. Heartbreaking. The story Sharon shared is heartbreaking! I joined this space knowing that I am in the minority so that I could learn and grow from others and love better. It is helping. But also some of the things I read are truly saddening. Please, p l e a s e do not alienate, judge, or ostracize someone based on who they vote for…
Hi, former conservative Christian here 👋🏻 I get where you are coming from because I lived it for the majority of my life.
Many of the comments you mention likely come from fear and anger. And I think it’s legitimate when you look at conservative politicians who are actively harming certain communities and the women who are being harmed due to vague laws surrounding abortion bans.
It’s tough. You have your belief system, the question is are people supposed to be okay when you actively vote so that they can’t safely live theirs?
Not here to debate either. Simply trying to give you a different perspective to look from. I was a Christian conservative until my mid 30’s. So I’ve looked at things from a more liberal perspective for maybe 6 years and that was actually a long journey.
For what it’s worth, I don’t believe in alienating people that vote differently than me. Also, a process. One that Sharon helped with. People who lean in are the only way we can have fruitful conversations. But as a straight white woman, there is no harm for me to stand in that gap. It’s the least I can do for the people who put themselves out there who leaned in to me and helped me think outside of the box my experiences had place me in.
I’m not judging you, I certainly don’t hate you, and it is not my intention to alienate you.
We need different perspectives or else it’s just an echo chamber.
For some people they’ve been shown through actions that people do have hate in them. And it becomes very difficult to maintain friendships once that happens. I’ve also been judged and called awful names for who I vote for. It goes both ways.
(Me peeking through the bushes)…this is truly heartbreaking. Social media and main stream media have played such a huge role in demonizing particular candidates. It’s maddening. Some of the comments here are also truly heartbreaking. Just because someone votes or supports a particular candidate does not mean they have hate in them?! What in the world?? I am a conservative Christian woman and sadly, even typing those words gives me fear of judgements, hate and alienation in this space.😔😣Everything Sharon said rings true to everything I’ve been taught aside from the fact that it’s just common decency to love your neighbor. How can I, knowing what I believe treat someone different simply because of who they choose to vote for? That just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s heartbreaking. My moral belief system goes against it. Who I am goes against it. And then on the flip side, how can someone who aligns so heavily with inclusivity of everyone exclude another because they believe differently? That just doesn’t make sense either. I said it earlier but it’s. Just. So. Heartbreaking. The story Sharon shared is heartbreaking! I joined this space knowing that I am in the minority so that I could learn and grow from others and love better. It is helping. But also some of the things I read are truly saddening. Please, p l e a s e do not alienate, judge, or ostracize someone based on who they vote for…
Hi, former conservative Christian here 👋🏻 I get where you are coming from because I lived it for the majority of my life.
Many of the comments you mention likely come from fear and anger. And I think it’s legitimate when you look at conservative politicians who are actively harming certain communities and the women who are being harmed due to vague laws surrounding abortion bans.
It’s tough. You have your belief system, the question is are people supposed to be okay when you actively vote so that they can’t safely live theirs?
I really don’t think you get where I’m coming from at all. I’m not here to debate in this space.
Not here to debate either. Simply trying to give you a different perspective to look from. I was a Christian conservative until my mid 30’s. So I’ve looked at things from a more liberal perspective for maybe 6 years and that was actually a long journey.
For what it’s worth, I don’t believe in alienating people that vote differently than me. Also, a process. One that Sharon helped with. People who lean in are the only way we can have fruitful conversations. But as a straight white woman, there is no harm for me to stand in that gap. It’s the least I can do for the people who put themselves out there who leaned in to me and helped me think outside of the box my experiences had place me in.
I’m not judging you, I certainly don’t hate you, and it is not my intention to alienate you.
We need different perspectives or else it’s just an echo chamber.
For some people they’ve been shown through actions that people do have hate in them. And it becomes very difficult to maintain friendships once that happens. I’ve also been judged and called awful names for who I vote for. It goes both ways.
Exactly. It’s why I said please don’t judge someone or hate someone for who they vote for.
I completely understand. My nephew who is Jewish has lost friends just because he’s Jewish. He is in his 20s and has no political opinion.
Is this recent? Why did he lose the friends? I'm Jewish too so I'm concerned and interested to know.
He is young and goes to a college that has had a lot of protests. My other nephew who is out of college is not experiencing the same problem.