I dip my toe into the waters of Freedom. The temperature is fine, cooling on this hot August afternoon.
You know what? F*ck it, I say, deciding to just jump in. Cannonball!!! I yell, with intent to make a splash.
I am voting for Donald Trump.
***
Back in 2016, I almost broke up with Justin, my love, because he did not think that Donald Trump or “Make America Great Again” was racist.
When Trump was elected, we had been dating for over a year and I was deeply in love with Justin for the genuine, generous, hard-working, and very handsome man that he is. I was devastated on November 5, 2016. Not only because Trump won, but also because now I had to face this shameful fact: I am in love with a man who does not hate Donald Trump.
Addicted to his love, I leaned in to Justin. I couldn’t let him go without a fight. I yelled at him for being on the wrong side of History.
It took months, but eventually we managed to dismantle my Trump derangement.—These conversations with Justin changed my life in a profound way. They expanded my perspective and challenged my thinking. They taught me that I know nothing. (Which was something because people in my position tend to think that they know everything.)
***
When you stop hating Donald Trump, three things become clear:
1. Donald Trump is not racist.
2. Donald Trump is very funny.
3. The news is fake!—That’s not what he said. That’s not the whole story. That’s just a smokescreen for what’s really happening over there. Memory holes. Synchronized phrases across networks—It’s weird.—The constant insistence that Trump is Hitler. Oy.
***
As it turned out, we survived, dare I say thrived, during the Trump years. Maybe the mean Tweets were unnecessary (although sometimes kind of funny). And when Covid threw a curveball, Trump completely fumbled. But in 2020, that problem was passed to Biden/Harris (who arguably made everything worse).
I did not vote for Trump in 2020. (I did not vote for Biden/Harris either. ‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ my a$$. Even in 2020, it was pretty obvious that Uncle Joe was only half alive.)
Then, after four years of faulsly accusing President Trump of being a dictator, the Biden/Harris administration BECAME A DICTATOR, mandating the Covid “vaccine” and demonizing the unvaccinated.
I made yard signs in protest: MY BODY MY CHOICE and KEEP YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY—internalized mantras from my mother who spent 25 years as a Registered Nurse for Planned Parenthood in Camden, New Jersey.—I was prepared to quit my job (my really good job that I love) if Biden/Harris’s fascistic mandate made it to my door.
In America, no Man has the right to control MY body. Right, Mom!?
***
So here we are, in 2024, and the woman who tried to systematically RAPE me is at the top of the Democratic ticket.
The TV says we MUST vote for Kamala Harris, because she’s the first woman of color.—What progress!
What progress? In Kamala’s world, a person is defined by their race and gender. That sounds pretty retarded to me. (Retardation is the opposite of progress.)
***
Kamala Harris has always sucked—**cough**slut**cough**—at her job. Unless she intended to ruin California, in which case, she did a bang-up job.
Not to mention, Kamala Harris is a f*cking Communist.
***
My entire family hates President Trump. They believe that he is an existential threat to our Democracy and that MAGA is for morons. They are proud to Vote Blue No Matter Who!
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Dear family,
Do you think that I am stupid or brainwashed? Are you embarrassed that your daughter/sister/niece/cousin wants to make America great again?
Maybe you just feel sad for me. All these years, deep down, you’ve always known that I was a joke. I am not serious like you. (You is plural because you all think the same. Which, of course, is whatever the New York Times or MSNBC tells you to think.) You are obsessed with thinking properly instead of THINKING FOR YOURSELF. You assert yourself as educated, but you are not being smart.
I love you, family! And I know that you love me too. I also know that this isn’t easy for you to read. If you’ve made it this far, no matter your reaction, I am genuinely grateful for the opportunity to share my story with you. Thank you.
***
‘Vote Blue No Matter Who’ is PROPAGANDA brainwashing you to never question the establishment.—The TV tells you the “facts” and you follow the orders, just like everyone else you know.
Except for me. I will NOT vote Blue no matter who. And I am not afraid to stand up and say it.
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