Here’s what I’ve learned, it’s really easy to broad stroke hate people while on a keyboard or watching the news, listening to a podcast, etc. This goes both ways and fuels the rage. Seeing what people actually believe can become overwhelming, it feels insane what the right actually thinks of liberals, it’s crazy. It becomes easy to hate them back. Here’s the thing, in person everything is different. In my head I’m outraged and have serious contempt for every one of them but when I’m engaging with my neighbors, regardless of politics, I treat them the same respect as everyone else. I remember that they’re at heart a good person and have been fooled and lied to. Now I do still hold them accountable in my heart and I hope one day, if we come out of this with society in tact, I want them to regret. I also want every single maga politician held accountable, everyone who became enriched is stripped of their ill gotten gains and every single ICE gestapo is punished through our courts and also stripped the stolen wealth this administration has enriched them with. Still as a neighbor I’m looking for reasons to engage and help wherever I can in places that have nothing to do with politics. I don’t hate. I’m holding space and heart for accountability and conclusion.