Can someone direct me to these comments please?

our fellow citizens. This liberal is out of tears, so I'll try something else.

I'm going to act. Do something. Get involved. I'm not going to wait until I read a few more books on the subject, or become an expert at something.

I'm just going to start SOMETHING.

always. What affects some, affects all.

The losers of the culture war need to acknowledge the defeat, and make some quick changes.

Our current culture is toxic and broken and does not serve the collective, Us.

America's new identity can not, and should not be defined by ignoring large swathes of

whatever privilege you have to advocate for those who can't.

At the same time, outright (and closeted) racists, bigots, misogynists, and conspiracy theorists will not say disrespectful or untrue stuff in my presence without meeting FULL-THROATED pushback from me. I will advocate for my community,

"other" those we don't understand.

You don't even have to enjoy doing it. Like it or not, these are your fellow community (and very probably Class) members, and it doesn't help our cause to ignore them.

Choose to radically love them instead, while still standing firm on your beliefs, and using

unlikely to be successful inroads in building comradery.

But there is likely at least one tiny aspect or view that you can agree on. Latch onto that shared (or similar) belief and encourage yourself to find new things that you can agree on each time you meet. Lets fight the social conditioning to

Its important to remember that not everyone is getting exposed to the same information or spins through their news and social media algorithms that we are.

Don't be afraid to ask questions about their beliefs. By asking questions, we can identify which parts of their beliefs are firmly-held and

want to behave differently.

Positive resistance can come in many forms. We can go out of our way to develop ties with communities or individuals who we wouldn't normally interact with.

Our mere presence within these communities introduces new ideas that they'd have zero access to otherwise.

Your humanity does not magically pause while you are on company time.

I must be a missionary for radical love by getting to know my community better and engaging in a movement of positive resistance. Today's culture pushes rugged individualism instead of shared community and responsibility, but I

shy away from uncomfortable conversations with friends and family or even strangers.

I understand that these conversations might be appropriate, or even necessary, to have in my workplace.

There is power in knowing who you work with, they are an integral part of your community.

reject me and those I care about, I choose to maliciously love them instead.

As an act of my devotion, I will continue to engage with them more often, not less often.

I will become more involved with my community in my free time. I will join clubs and volunteer for causes I support. I will not

they will receive no such nourishment.

I propose an alternative to crying over our loss, or hunkering down and white-knuckling it through the next ~4(ish?) years. I plan on spending the next four years engaging with those same people who I feel betrayed by.

Instead of rejecting those who want to

real physical violence and harm as a result of new policies. (Think immigrants, women, workers, non-white, queer, gender-nonconforming, etc.)

As victors of the culture war, they feel entitled to feast on our tears, if there are any of us who aren't already bone-dry. But from me,

It feels like a defeat because trump and his supporters have been shockingly open throughout the campaign about how they plan to use their powers during the upcoming administration to restrict the rights of, and systematically disenfranchise various groups within our population. Many will face very

Especially when it became apparent that a competent woman was going to lose to trump, AGAIN.

And this time with 2 impeachments and 34 felony counts (among a whole book-load of other disqualifying facts) holding him back, he was still chosen. With a slim popular vote victory to boot.

the word "defeated" feels so morbidly appropriate when describing the results of a question, asked between American citizens.

The heavy use of the word "defeat" to stoke fears during the election cycle might help explain why many seemed to expect tears from the Kamala voters.