Be Better.

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“This is fucked,” I thought.

Then, “we’re fucked.”

Then, “well, we’re not all fucked but those mother fuckers are fucked.”

I dislike politics more and more every day. I dislike domestic terrorism and blind faith to dogmatic belief systems and close-mindedness and hatred. I dislike unfairness. I dislike immorality. I dislike people (i.e. Trump) who promote hatred and ignorance and call it “strength” and “patriotism.” I dislike the people who like Trump because he’s funny or brash or white enough to erase all his failures. I dislike that he was ever elected president. I dislike that my friends overseas make fun of the country I’m supposed to be proud of. I was relieved when Biden won, and not really because I adore Biden. He is no saving grace. But he is, at the very least, principled. He at least tries to be a good person and that, it turns out, has become unnecessary for the leader of our country.

If you haven’t paid attention, tens of thousands of Trump supporters swarmed the capital yesterday to protest voter fraud or…something. In 2016, when Trump won, the left complained of voter fraud too, but they didn’t engaged in acts of terrorism. In fact, the left organized a woman’s march which spread across the country and the world. They were peaceful, organized, and…