@laurenmessner

For what it’s worth, I used to be pretty liberal. I went to college in LA for crying out loud. But there was no space for disagreements which pushed me away. For example, I have always been very pro LGBTQ+. Love who you wanna love. Identify as you wish. But I didn’t love what was happening with the involvement of children, especially without parental consent. And the party of love and acceptance didn’t like that and called me a transphobe. Whereas when i talked about gender identity with republicans, we could disagree respectfully without name calling. Not saying all republicans are respectful and all liberals are disrespectful and can’t have a civil conversation. I’m just sharing MY experience. I was shunned and pushed away. And for what it’s worth, I don’t blindly follow a party. Last year my ballot was mixed with D and R candidates. So if you’re liberal and want your party to succeed… maybe reassess your strategy. Over half of the country voted for Trump, many of those voters were moderates who are sick of being called nazis and fascists just bc they disagree on some issues.

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