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By the way, for what it is worth, I think a lot of us are struggling with this issue.

I certainly am.

I know I probably shouldn’t, and people have told me as much, but I do struggle with how much I should stand up, because I feel like it is a non-stop thing.

I have changed many aspects of my commerce-related life. Banking, leisure time, books, authors, websites, music, shopping, eating, even shaving, and done it all due to the actions of the Left. My wife, who is generally non-political, is patient in these things because she sees how important it is to me, and has helped some of the significant shakeups and changes we have executed as a result.

I am not one who criticizes others for their choices in these matters (which vendors to patronize or not, etc) because I believe these are personal decisions.

But in the same vein, I cannot (and will not) criticize those who have more on the line than I do but speak out anyway. I can only admire them.

I live in the bluest of blue states. The leadership of my organization has become very Leftist after years of observing a political neutrality or even conservatism, but now speak openly in emails and communications of political events and choices in quite a slanted way, which infuriates me. I am thus on the cusp of how to handle this, and I am struggling mightily with this.

So, these things are weighing on me.

One of the things that bothers me the most is that I both love my country, and extraordinarily grateful to it and aware of the things it has made possible in my life. From growing up as a military dependent and seeing the world, to serving myself and being given the opportunity to better myself and excel, to working in a capitalist environment in my life, provided by this country that rewards my efforts both fiscally and intellectually, I feel...ownership.

I feel that ownership in a way that is quite painful to me right now.

I feel that I have a stake in this country, and I also feel a terrible, terrible sense that, on my watch, in my time, of my generation, I have let down our forebears and those who have given blood and treasure to preserve this great Republic resulting in a sham of an election that I think constitutes the greatest threat to this country that has ever existed, even including the Civil War.

As a result, I have difficulty countenancing criticism of those who do stand up to be counted. That was why I was disappointed in your post in this forum.