On An Election and A Country's True Identity

I'm not surprised. I'm saddened, but I’m not surprised.

I'm unsurprised that 59% of men of pallor and 52% of women of pallor voted the way they did. I'm sadly not surprised that after everything he said and will do to immigrants when he takes office, he still got 54% of the masculine-identifying and 37% of the feminine-identifying Latine and Hispanic vote.

I'm saddened, but I’m not surprised.

I am disheartened but unsurprised.

I didn’t need a reminder, but for those who did, this election was a firm reminder that the United States is precisely what it has always been: a country steeped in individualism and fear of moving forward, unwilling to be progressive and care for all its citizens, and legitimately uninterested in trying to be the country it likes to claim it is.

He won this election, and it wasn't even close in the popular or electoral vote. A party with a platform of hate, oppression, and regression will be in complete control of the Government come January 2025, and it wasn't even a fight.

And I know so many of y'all voted for this man and this party while playin’ in the faces of the people in your life who you know their policies and governance will do extreme harm to. Most of y'all are quick to bust out a Black Lives Matter sign or bring up trans and reproductive rights just to have a smoke screen to vote against everyone’s best interests.

I loathe that most of y'all won’t own your hatred and fear of losing what you think is exclusively yours - rights, privileges, and safety from tyranny.

I loathe that most of y'all won’t own who you are in front of those your choices impact.

I loathe that most of y’all will be shocked when the people you elected do the exact things you hired them to do and you find yourself and your families adversely impacted and in physical, mental, emotional, and economic distress.

But I’m not surprised.

You're Americans! That's what Americans do, right?

I'm saddened. I'm disheartened. I'm not surprised, though.

This is the American way, y'all.

Note: This poll data is from a subsection of the voter base from 10 states.

On Gus, Tim, and Toxic Masculinity

Do you want to know a person's makeup and character? Do you want to truly get a window into who a person is, deep down in their soul?

I think you should look at the people making fun of Tim Walz's son Gus and his relationship with his father.

People are mocking a neurodivergent person for loving their father and openly showing their love, unfiltered, in a moment of familial pride.

People are mocking Tim Walz for having a son whom he has showered with so much love, support, and affection that his son has no qualms about showing the world how decent of a person his father is.

If you somehow find Tim and Gus' relationship funny, meme-worthy, or a target of mockery, rest assured that it says so much about who you are as a person that you need not mutter another word.

I wish for you healing for the dark places in your soul that have never seen joy and love. I hope that one day, you get to feel what true, genuine, unfiltered, unconditional love, empathy, and compassion with another person feels like because you're obviously bereft of it.