Is anyone else tired of..

the “only people that voted for Kamala deserve better” rhetoric and all of the hate towards people regretting their vote or not voting?

I get that it’s frustrating being in the position that we are all in right now. And I get that it’s easy to wanna point fingers and place blame. 

I’m not saying non-voters and maga should be absolved of accountability by any means. 

But placing blame doesn’t get us closer to a solution or help them hold themselves accountable. It only causes more chaos and division. 

I know that we want to push people away in a time of hurt. 

But right now we need community more than ever and saying “You voted for this, you don’t get to come over to the right side now,” isn’t an appropriate response anymore. 

Whether we like it or not, we’re all in this together. 

And together (or mostly together) is how we get through this. 

Inviting people onto the right side of history is never a bad thing—regardless if they’re part of the reason we’re in this position. 

Welcoming them is exactly what they and WE need. 

No one feels great after they make a mistake, no one wants to be wrong. But people can learn from those things, people can grow, and people can change. 

But we have to let them have that opportunity to show they’ve grown or changed. 

And an apology or admittance of a mistake is only acceptable when it walks hand-in-hand with changed behavior. 

Welcome them and inspire more people to hold themselves accountable by bringing them to the right side, showing them there’s better, and getting them to vote for better.

Shaming them for their past decisions doesn’t help, it only makes us as bad as what MAGA stands for. 

Have you made mistakes in the past? Have you done something that directly affected someone else negatively? 

How did that make you feel? 

Were you scared they would berate you for it? Did you want to be made to feel worse about it after you realized you did wrong? 

Or did you hope they would respond kindly?

What society has taught us over the years is that sustainable and healthy change doesn’t come from shaming, blaming, or guilting others. 

Shaming, blaming, and guilting only breeds dysfunction and trauma. 

It makes people feel unsafe in their bodies–and that’s not conducive to positive change in most instances.

(But we can get into more about that in another post :)

I understand that it’s easy to not want to extend empathy to a group of people that revolve around no empathy and refuse to show a speck of it until something directly affects them. 

But unfortunately, most people have to learn things the hard way. 

Not everyone has the same intelligence and, willful ignorance or not, we don’t know what we don’t know so many people have to be affected to understand a different perspective or to care. 

Those MAGA that are waking up to all the atrocities happening from this abominable administration can help us—If we let them. 

They should be encouraged to share their stories in hopes it helps wake more people up to the corruption happening against all of us in order to come together, help resist fascism, and protect our democracy.