I wish that I could reach out to everybody at once but, I don’t currently have that type of reach. I don’t agree with the violence coming from people on the left. At the same time I definitely don’t agree with the disgusting, patronizing gloating coming from the right.
At the Democratic National Convention, FLOTUS Michelle Obama asked “How [do] we insist that this hateful language [our children] hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country. How [do] we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully you don’t stoop to their level. No, our motto is: when they go low, we go high!”
I think people on both sides need to heed these words. We should all be working together, not fighting each other. The General Election is over, the Electoral College voters will make their picks on December 19th. I highly doubt that we will have the type of fracturing that would be needed for there to be different result than right now. With that in mind Donald J Trump is OUR President. I don’t agree with him but, I hope, as I’ve said before, that he will find a way to get this country together. We on the left need to end our pity party (I gave myself 24 hours) and start planning and working on ways to create compromises that can work for both sides. My mom taught me that we need to give people a chance before we just assume that they will do wrong by us. If not then the argument will always be that we never gave them a chance. Sometimes giving that opportunity can leave us pleasantly surprised. Not everyone on each side is a monster. The vast majority on both sides are good, hardworking people who just want their voices heard. George W. Bush summed it up best in two quotes:
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