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Tim Burnell's avatar

I’m utterly discouraged. I’m a middle-aged, upper middle-class white guy. No one in a position of power is gunning after me. In 2022’s America I should feel pretty cozy and safe. But, no. The anger bubbling at the surface scares me. I’m a big, burley guy. The only thing that should scare me is clowns, and maybe crossing paths with a bear. What I would have thought, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, was that so many people I know and love are under attack and being dehumanized because they are not straight, white, or male.

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Tim Wrye's avatar

Exactly. Thanks for voicing this well, Michelle.

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Don Schaffner's avatar

This absolutely captures my feelings as well. Thanks for writing it.

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Jack Cluth's avatar

I’m two years older than you, but I’m right there with you. I didn’t celebrate this year because there was nothing to celebrate. 🙁

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Matt s's avatar

Well said. We have turned into a theocracy as the pillars of democracy are chipped away. Vote as if your life depends on it this fall. Because it does.

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Charles Indelicato's avatar

I’m sorry you’ve become so disillusioned.

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Michele Catalano's avatar

If you're not disillusioned, you're not paying attention. Or you're on the wrong side.

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