Remember when Pres. Obama said, 'Elections Have Consequences' back in 2009, shortly after being inaugurated? He wasn't the first to say it, of course, and he likely won't be the last, but he just might be the most famous. Regardless, he was right, because of course elections have consequences. And they certainly do in 2020.
For me, the biggest consequence and take away of the 2020 election is that I am smack out of compassion for anyone who walked into a voting booth or filled out an absentee ballot, and with full knowledge of the last four years, selected Trump as their Presidential choice anyway. I can find some understanding for those that did so in 2016. But choosing to do so in 2020? Nope. No can do.
It's not debatable, it's not a lesser-of-two awful candidates choice, and it's not acceptable. To me, this election was not about politics (and for the record, I am not a registered Democrat), rather, it was about humanity. So for me, those people who knowingly pulled the trigger for Trump in 2020 elected to choose evil over compassion, and as a result I simply do not care to have them in my life going forward.
This, by the way, is the exact opposite of what my spiritual congregation leader has been urging us to do. But after watching what has transpired since the voting booths close, and what will likely continue to transpire until January 20 and beyond, I am not a big enough human being to do so. I'm just not.
So . . .
If you chose deliberate separation of children from their parents, regardless of the legal status of the parents being here, I draw a line in the sand.
If you chose continued marginalization of people of color, I draw a line in the sand.
If you chose continued marginalization of LGBTQ, I draw a line in the sand.
If you chose implicit endorsement of White Supremacy, I draw a line in the sand.
If you chose the nonstop deluge of hatred sent out daily via Twitter, I draw a line in the sand.
And finally, if you chose to accept the undermining of our democratic election process by supporting claims of fraud in the absence of any proof whatsoever, I draw a line in the sand.
All others continue to be welcomed here.
No argument from me!
ReplyDeleteWell said. Thank you for stating this so eloquently.
ReplyDeleteAmen
ReplyDeleteI agree, but what do you do if these people are your relatives? The most disturbing thing about this election for me was the discovery that my 29 year-old niece is apparently a rabid Trump supporter. Immediately after the election, she started posting on Facebook about how the election was rigged, people on the left are hateful and Trump was treated very unfairly as president. It's almost like she's been brainwashed. She spends far too much time on Facebook and Youtube.
ReplyDeleteI asked my oldest daughter that question yesterday, framing it as 'What would you do if Dad and I had been voting for Trump?' She responded that while she would continue to love us, she would not spend anywhere close to as much time with us as she does now. And I must be brutally honest and admit that those in my family that voted for him are clearly not aligned with my moral code. They are oK with the mistreatment of those that are less than in a way that I am not. So other than blood, what did/do we really have in common?
DeleteI think my daughter had the correct answer- love but disengage.
Right with you! Some people have voted for him on one issue like abortion but ignores all the other millions of things he has done. It is so sad that these people can’t see this.
ReplyDelete,Hopefully the courts will finish his shenanigans once and for all.