• toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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    if you give an inch, they’ll take EVERYTHING.

    these are NOT good people we’re up against. and it sucks that some of them are friends and family. if “he” has done one thing well, it’s that he’s separated the wheat from the chaff. be strong, and never forget that you matter.

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      Fuck yes. This is starting to be about simply: “who is a good person?” It’s us, and fuck them. Our side is about freedom, personal liberty, empathy, and moving FORWARD as a society.

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        I agree with this applied to those in power. But our family and neighbors can come back from this with a little humble empathy from us when they do.

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          I’m prepared to give that empathy while also, now, recognizing in my life that these are toxic people and their political stances are harming other innocent people, and all of us as a country. Personally I’m holding even my closest loved ones at a distance until they develop empathy themselves. An ignorant villain is still a villain