We keep learning. We want to be hopeful about humanity but hope also has blind spots. This doesn't mean we give up. The hate will eventually burn itself out, not without consequences. In the meantime, all of our well meaning values will be tested. The policies and plans that Kamala spoke of were not heard by the disenfranchised people wh…
We keep learning. We want to be hopeful about humanity but hope also has blind spots. This doesn't mean we give up. The hate will eventually burn itself out, not without consequences. In the meantime, all of our well meaning values will be tested. The policies and plans that Kamala spoke of were not heard by the disenfranchised people who needed to hear them. They've been bombarded with lies for a long time that fuel their misplaced anger. And there are centuries of deeply held racism and sexism coupled with religious beliefs gone wrong that haven't gone away. No matter how enlightened we'd like to think we can be as individuals, we're only as good as the worst of us when it comes to the masses. We keep trying.
We keep learning. We want to be hopeful about humanity but hope also has blind spots. This doesn't mean we give up. The hate will eventually burn itself out, not without consequences. In the meantime, all of our well meaning values will be tested. The policies and plans that Kamala spoke of were not heard by the disenfranchised people who needed to hear them. They've been bombarded with lies for a long time that fuel their misplaced anger. And there are centuries of deeply held racism and sexism coupled with religious beliefs gone wrong that haven't gone away. No matter how enlightened we'd like to think we can be as individuals, we're only as good as the worst of us when it comes to the masses. We keep trying.