Showing posts with label tolerance paradox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tolerance paradox. Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2024

"Politics Shouldn't Divide Us"

 Often after political decisions have been made to the detriment of large groups of people, the blame-game begins and those facing the prospect of material harm lash out at those who facilitated those decisions. After Trump won the 2024 election women, BIPOC, and the LGBTQ+ communities lashed out at the people in their lives who voted for Trump. We felt betrayed, angry, and fearful and we wanted those who voted for Trump to know what they'd done to bring these feelings on for us. Sometimes, people chose to cut ties with Trump voters. I think it's important to distinguish that this choice wasn't made over something small or insignificant. Donald Trump poses a direct threat to marginalized groups and to support Trump is to support the execution of that threat. Still, often the response to those lashing out or cutting ties is this: "You're really going to let politics come between us? You're going to let politics divide us? Politics shouldn't divide us and if you think it should, you're the problem."