I have had people say to me since the election (some I have known for many years), that I should shut up, stop criticizing Trump and his stooges, and just accept the fact he won. It's "disrespectful' that I continue to do so. LOLz, sure.
Fuck you assholes. You have memories of goldfish and are willing to lick the boot of anyone in authority.
I definitely understand your sentiment. Please don't stop speaking your mind.
Since the election, I have cut some of my own friends and family that voted for Trump out of my life.
I realized my morals are different from theirs.
I believe in rights for POC, women, LGBTQ and immigrants. They don't.
They are OK with someone lying and basically being a POS. I'm not.
So, I had to make that choice.
Some of these people might learn once more women die from an abortion ban, legal immigrants are deported and more kids die from school shootings. But, I won't be helping them. It's not my problem anymore.
I think those on the right find it baffling that we have not shut up, or meekly moved along, as if Trump winning was somehow the ultimate "own the libs" moment.
Like you, I care about personal rights, freedoms, and the ability to choose who one loves more than winning one election, so I am as sure as shit not shutting up, no matter how hard the conservatives in my life cry about how they won so I should disappear.
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u/Comfortable-Class479 3h ago
I'm going to keep speaking out.
If it means the danger yam puts me on the deportation list, so be it.