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"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times of only one remembers to turn on the light."
-Albus Dumbledore
Thank you for turning on the light, Sharon.
I am a queer single parent of a herd of boys, and Donald Trump's rhetoric and the people who choose to go along with it have had dramatic effect on my family in very real ways. I am acutely aware that if he wins the presidency, I may lose my right to foster children any longer, and many other rights could be taken as well.
As much as I hate that …
Perhaps if the Democrats were not spewing hatred and lies and calling their nemesis Hitler Mussolini Stalin and making false and empty accusations that democracy will end, the shooter would not have felt compelled to want to rid the world of this horrible orange monster. BTW, I am also gay.
I agree, thank you for pointing out there are Dems also guilty of name-calling, etc. However, we do not yet know the shooter’s motive. And although speculation is a normal human reaction, it is also an empty accusation. Our president (who has been famous for misspeaking his entire life) called for us to take our differences to the “battle” box. We all knew he meant ballot box, and those with goodwill in their hearts will give him grace for misspeaking. After the horrific and traumatizing attack…
I can't both sides this either. And I admit that I can be both sad that someone chose violence and indifferent about how it made the target feel. I can be sad at the lives lost and the people hurt, but still remember when bombs were sent to another former president and select members of Congress. I absolutely condemn political violence, but this wasn't about any of Biden's words. I am glad that the shooter didn't succeed. But I'm emotionally exhausted - I simply cannot muster up sympathy for someone who regularly and openly calls for violence on his fellow Americans. That doesn't make me a bad person and it isn't the same as celebrating violence or even hinting that it's ok. And I'm not going to pretend that I don't see strong parallels with history just so no one infers that someone who openly admires autocrats and dictators might himself want to be one.