This applies to every arena of U.S. government and politics. When I refused to vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe her to be a shameless hawk, my leftist liberal supposedly peace loving feminist friends literally shunned me. It was more important to them to vote for someone with a vagina than someone who would try to maintain world peace. (Or not vote at all) I felt 100% certain she would do the opposite if elected.
They also had the evidence of her voting record and her agenda, but that mattered far less than her sex. That’s when I realized the reach and pervasiveness of the MIC. They’re so powerful they’re able to make themselves invisible to otherwise well-meaning people.
Thank you as ever, Caitlyn, for your insight and for continuing to fight the good fight.
I've experienced this as well. Thrown out of the leftist 'tribe' because I refused to support Hilly as the lesser of two evils.
It's been painful but you just keep moving forward. You don't make their problem into your problem. Just like bad drivers on the road, there is no gain in allowing yourself to become emotionally sucked in by the stupidity. Reminds me of a the first stanza of Elinor Wylie's poem "The Eagle and the Mole":
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Avoid the reeking herd,
Shun the polluted flock,
Live like that stoic bird,
The eagle of the rock.
.
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She also finished the poem with:
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If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole:
Go burrow underground.
.
.
And there hold intercourse
With roots of trees and stones,
With rivers at their source,
And disembodied bones.
.
.
For me that has been spending more time in Nature. Reading more of those books of long dead people (disembodied of bones) ... and accepting that growth sometimes is a painful process of shedding old friends.
Note that, AFAICT, Tulsi Gabbard has two X chromosomes and also a functioning vagina, but nobody of influence and authority claims that we are morally obligated to vote for Tulsi as a result of her sex.
This applies to every arena of U.S. government and politics. When I refused to vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe her to be a shameless hawk, my leftist liberal supposedly peace loving feminist friends literally shunned me. It was more important to them to vote for someone with a vagina than someone who would try to maintain world peace. (Or not vote at all) I felt 100% certain she would do the opposite if elected.
They also had the evidence of her voting record and her agenda, but that mattered far less than her sex. That’s when I realized the reach and pervasiveness of the MIC. They’re so powerful they’re able to make themselves invisible to otherwise well-meaning people.
Thank you as ever, Caitlyn, for your insight and for continuing to fight the good fight.
I've experienced this as well. Thrown out of the leftist 'tribe' because I refused to support Hilly as the lesser of two evils.
It's been painful but you just keep moving forward. You don't make their problem into your problem. Just like bad drivers on the road, there is no gain in allowing yourself to become emotionally sucked in by the stupidity. Reminds me of a the first stanza of Elinor Wylie's poem "The Eagle and the Mole":
.
Avoid the reeking herd,
Shun the polluted flock,
Live like that stoic bird,
The eagle of the rock.
.
.
She also finished the poem with:
.
If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole:
Go burrow underground.
.
.
And there hold intercourse
With roots of trees and stones,
With rivers at their source,
And disembodied bones.
.
.
For me that has been spending more time in Nature. Reading more of those books of long dead people (disembodied of bones) ... and accepting that growth sometimes is a painful process of shedding old friends.
Thank you for sharing that poem!
Note that, AFAICT, Tulsi Gabbard has two X chromosomes and also a functioning vagina, but nobody of influence and authority claims that we are morally obligated to vote for Tulsi as a result of her sex.
True!