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...by one of the Young Turks, no less.
Powerful stuff, reality.
https://kasparian.substack.com/p/independent-and-u...After Trump came onto the political scene, and especially after he was elected in 2016, the us-vs-them mentality immediately took shape. Anyone who refused to "resist Trump" was seen as a threat to the country, and I was fully on board with that mindset.
It all felt righteous at first. But eventually, the tactics deployed to fight Trump became repetitive, boring and ultimately fruitless. Polling shows that he has increased his support among Black and Latino voters despite wall-to-wall coverage on his unsavory, racist or bigoted remarks. Several years of media raising alarm over Trump's threat to democracy has only resulted in a tight presidential race between himself and Kamala Harris.
I can't help but acknowledge that the only thing that was accomplished by resisting Trump was less understanding and more division among Americans. I personally became reluctant to challenge my "side" or engage with voters who disagreed with me. In turn, I became less knowledgeable about the people and world around me. I saw Republican voters as an evil monolith and that was a big mistake.Who knew that hectoring and demonizing half the country wouldn't change their minds? But this isn't why she's out.
She's out because she voted blue and bled red:
My evolution started in 2022 when I was sexually assaulted by a homeless man in my neighborhood as I was walking my dog. That horrible experience alone didn't change me politically, but the treatment I received from the far left and some progressives after sharing the story did.
I was told that by publicly sharing what had happened to me, I was stigmatizing my "unhoused neighbors." Others accused me of feeding into racist tropes because they assumed that my attacker was black. But I had never even disclosed the man's race.
He was white.
Not only did I suddenly see the flawed thinking of some on the left, I also witnessed their cruelty and hypocrisy in real time. These terrible traits that I had associated solely with my political opponents were obviously not exclusive to their tribe. I was stupid for ever thinking that was the case.left wing 'arguments' around policy are actually never about actual policies. Instead, they're crafted in a way so as a be a mental security blanket, designed to let the "In This House We Believe..." crowd feel safe and secure.
That whole experience forced me to come to terms with the intolerance on the left and it allowed me to publicly reject the ideological shackles that kept my world small and less informed.
Today I'm less certain and more curious than I was four years ago.I'm truly sorry that it took something horrible like that to snap her out of the bubble.
