I'm hoping with the election to soon be over that we will see a reduction in the ugliness I've been seeing between folks.
I recognize maga as an existential threat. I mean, they're running campaign ads about targeting people like me, it's hard not to. But hate is baggage.
They might hate me but it's not going to keep me from showing up with compassion. I'm hoping that's something we can all unite behind as we put this divisive election behind us.
@NiveusLepus there's hate & then there's anger. if you're talking maga, they're spreading hate. so admonition that those on the receiving end of that hate simply 'turn the other cheek' is not ok.
it is understandable that peeps are angry at being identified as 'other', as 'inferior' as 'eating cats' & having lies told about them. that's not hate. that's anger. & justified at that.
i'm not saying we should all be shouting at each other. let's just not ask 1 side to swallow their feelings.
@singlemaltgirl I apologize, it appears I have said something that has led me to be misinterpreted.
It was not my intention to suggest people swallow their feelings, but that there were more responsible and healthy ways of expressing those emotions then insults and hatred and othering.
It seems to me that's what got us all here in the first place.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that- Martin Luther King Jr.