It goes without saying that many of us have had to suck it up and vote for people we would never have touched with a ten foot pole. McCain and Romney are two that come to mind immediately. But what were we going to do? Vote for Obama? Or not vote at all?
I admit, I have a few posts where I mused about voting for Obama to "grease the skids" towards a day of reckoning for this country, but...I honestly don't think I could have done it.
Now, I am so politically polarized that I am of the opinion that anyone who enthusiastically supported Obama (or Hillary, Sanders, or any other Leftist) is irredeemably damaged, mentally impaired, and an object example of the absolute worst example of any portion of the electorate that exists in this country. I can't consort with them, and have to avoid interacting with them.
Which is a problem.
I had a member of my family send me an email (I think I was accidentally included because I know that family member cares for me greatly and goes out of the way to avoid any political discussions when there is any kind of family event) a few months after the 2016 election. This was the email:
It really bothered me, because I view these people as enemies of this country, not just people whose opinions are not shared by me. There is a difference, and it is borne out in what we have seen since day one of the Trump Presidency. These people are willing to destroy the fabric of this country and take us all down with it because they cannot come to grips with losing the election.
It is interesting to see the difference-When Obama was elected-twice-I didn't know any conservatives who were going to engage in illegal activity, subterfuge, or outright sabotage. I didn't hear any of that, and we were plenty unhappy. But point is, we lost, and that was that. We just had to let them have their way until the next election, when we could try to oust them, as Americans have done since George Washington was first elected.
But they don't see it that way. They are willing to burn down the fabric of this country over a temper tantrum.
That is why this email hurt me so much. This family member, someone I love, was a driving force in it. I simply cannot bring myself to face that family member, so I am just avoiding the family. I am keeping bridges open, but...I simply cannot be around the family. They are consorting with people whose actions I believe are fully subersive and seditious.
It saddens me in ways I cannot even express. I have lost so much respect, and I don't want to risk fracturing a relationship. I am still trying to find a way to grapple with it and come to terms.
This isn't just "politics". That would be stupid. This is about people who intentionally want to destroy the very fabric of what holds (and has held) this country together. This idiotic Mueller Investigation and Impeachment are proof of the desire of these people to destroy this country for craven and weak political purposes, and I just cannot do any less than reject and condemn it root and branch.