This👏is👏not👏 just👏“politics.”👏
I just had a conversation with an acquaintance about why I won’t go to dinner with him. I saw that he posted on FB that Trump was “a damn fine president.” So I told him our core values and beliefs are too at odds for us to even be friends.
I just had a conversation with an acquaintance about why I won’t go to dinner with him. I saw that he posted on FB that Trump was “a damn fine president.” So I told him our core values and beliefs are too at odds for us to even be friends.
2. He said “I’m curious if there really are core differences in our beliefs. That’s the negative side of politics. You get painted into a category.” I said it’s not about politics. It’s a question of morality for me.
3. He then asked what core views he thinks he has that are so different from mine. I said that I respect differences of opinion, but there comes a point when due to what is happening in this country and the world, these things aren’t something to respectfully disagree over.
4. Trump has enacted policies that have hurt people I know and thousands and thousands of others. People live in fear. People I know. This is not a theoretical political difference of opinion that i think we should respectfully agree to disagree on. I will not betray my friends.
5. He asked what they live in fear of. I listed the myriad of things but then said that if he had to ask, then that’s sort of the point. He said it was the same under Obama and this is why he hates politics. I said “No. It wasn’t the same. And it’s not just politics.”
6. This is NOT just “politics.” Do not let anyone tell you that. We should not respectfully disagree with people about whether it is ok to take babies from their parents, put families in cages, fire people for who they love, and talk about immigrants as racists and terrorists.
7. Don’t treat this as normal differences of opinion. It’s not a disagreement over Medicare 4 All or Medicare 4 All Who Want It. People who continue to support Trump do not share my core beliefs and values as a human being and I’m going to say so. Fight for what you believe in.
