Stop Calling it "Political" When It Isn't—and Yes, I Said What I Said
This is story about what happens when morality gets mislabeled as politics.
First— this is not a “political” stance.
Don’t come at me with the “I don’t talk politics” energy.
I don’t talk politics, either.
I talk about MORALITY and I care deeply about HUMANITY.
This is the problem I have with the whole “political divide” conversation happening right now.
This is not a political divide.
It’s not “political indifference.”
Hell, it’s not even political.
Divide? Yes.
Indifference? Yes.
But not because of red vs blue or left vs right.
This divide is about humanity.
Those who defend it,
and those who don’t.
And the truth is painfully simple:
Some of us believe humanity should extend to everyone. (Hi, it’s me.)
And others… just don’t.
I couldn’t care less if you’re a Republican and I’m not.
(Fun fact: I don’t label myself with any party and I’ve never been a straight-ticket voter.)
There are things I agree with on both sides,
and there are things I disagree with on both sides.
That’s exactly why I don’t fully label myself as a “Democrat” or a “Republican” or even a Demlican…or Republicrat.
(Okay, I made those two party titles up…)
But hear me, right now…
Don’t you dare assume that I’m contributing to some “political divide.”
That’s not what this is. This is NOT political.
Stop calling it that.
STFU with that framing.
What is happening is:
hate,
racism,
bigotry,
and all the grotesque rhetoric spilling out of the mouths of the people representing the Republican party right now.
That part is political only because they made it political.
And honestly…
It’s wild.
I don’t know how anyone identifies as a Republican right now when the face of the party is DJT.
But I also know this:
There ARE Republicans out there who don’t condone the hate.
I don’t have a problem with them.
You can’t help who your party elevates.
(Well… technically you could’ve, if you hadn’t voted for him. But that’s another conversation.)
My problem is with the people who proudly support hatred in the name of their party.
The ones who see cruelty and say,
“Yeah, that’s my guy.”
Those are the people I can’t stand with.
Those are the people I can’t stand at all.
Those are the people deepening the divide.
It’s not hard to understand.
It’s not complicated.
It’s not “politics.”
It’s humanity.
And whether or not you still believe in it.
Thanks for reading, and have a fantastic day.
(Unless you’re one of those people… in which case: yikes.)
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Well, my opinion is popular with no one, but here it is: I agree that DJT is terrible, and that he is not taking the country in a good direction, and in fact, it could be irreparable, but there are Trump supporters who I still love and respect, and who are not evil or amoral people. They see things differently. They see him differently. Thank the algorithms they are more powerful than even people who talk about them realize. When people’s opinions are completely shaped by online information your neighbor could be in an entirely different country of the mind and not even realize it. I just don’t think seeing neighbors and relatives as villains because they support him is the right call. I have sometimes made dents by holding connection. It’s the only way we get through this thing in my opinion.