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Mimi Scott's avatar

You sum it up in a beautiful, rather poetic manner. There is cognitive dissonance to this whole thing. I cannot make sense of it.

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Maria Hill's avatar

I have a Trump family and grew up with these values expecting my sibling to follow me into a healthier way of looking at the world and being in the world. I have been sadly wrong and my heart has been broken so many times with disappointment that I have gradually closed the door on my family. I will also say one other thing that has been a source of deep grief: I cannot be proud of my heritage. I am not a jealous person, but I sometimes find myself jealous of those who are proud of their heritage. In standing up to the fascism being forced on us, I hope we can restore our self-respect and protect the self respect of future generations by being the one who said no.

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