I received this email from Steve Schmidt who forwarded it from Katie Schnessel’s Letter to the Editor of Villages-News serving The Villages, Florida. I’ve edited/revised it to serve as my New Year resolution :
No, Biden rallies weren’t bigger. No, you didn’t see any Biden signs or Biden bumper stickers on cars. No, you didn’t know a single person on your street or at your church who supported Biden. But guess what? We’re here.
Biden rallies were small because people who live in reality don’t want to expose themselves to the virus you continue to downplay or deny. We don’t fly Biden flags because we don’t want our houses burned down. We don’t put Biden bumper stickers on our cars because we want to avoid being targets for road rage. We don’t trust you. We decided to minimize our interactions with people who cannot be reasoned with. This is for our own safety.
In private groups — where you’re not invited — we share our bewilderment at your descent into madness. We all have stories about how we’ve cut ties with you, our family and former friends, because we don’t want your hatred poisoning our social media streams. We can’t stand to listen to vomiting the lies of your cult, day after day. You used to be different. We liked you.. But now that we know what was in your heart all along, we’ve decided you don’t deserve to know about our lives. We’ll skip family reunions, even after we get the vaccine. We’ll make up some excuse just to be polite. But in reality, we just don’t feel like sitting around eating potato salad and making small talk with people who have such monstrous beliefs. To all the brothers and aunts and cousins and dads and neighbors out there who just can’t wrap their heads around what this means going forward, know that these scars aren’t going away anytime soon. We won’t be reaching out, and we won’t be mending fences. It’s not up to us to apologize for the wounds you have gleefully inflicted upon us and our friends. You poured the gasoline, you lit the match. You burned this to the ground. So if we seem different from now on, I guess we are, in a way. We’ve seen your truth laid bare and we’re horrified. I hope Trump was worth it.
Christopher says
We don’t have to apologize, but I do hope we can eventually reconcile.
SomervilleTom says
I think Desmond Tutu charted the correct course in the aftermath of Apartheid:
The starting point for ANY reconciliation with me is that the Trumpist fully and completely admits their guilt — no excuses, no rationalizations, no reservations. I don’t want to hear about low wages or unemployment or any of the other nonsense that’s been put forward in an effort to excuse the un-exusable.
Then, and only then, will I be receptive to revising my opinion of anybody who still supports these monstrous ideas and acts.
The actions of elected GOP officials after the November election are seditious, just as the actions of Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War were seditious. It was a mistake to pardon them then — that led to centuries of racism, the Jim Crow laws, and all the rest.
These elected Trumpists are explicitly doing all in their power to destroy the bedrock of America. They deserve to be investigated, prosecuted, convicted, and punished for that.
fredrichlariccia says
The power of life and death is in the tongue. Senate Chaplain 1/7/21
fredrichlariccia says
I have no interest in reconciling with fascists unless and until they renounce their fascism.
Steve Consilvio says
A man drowning in a sea of his own vomit still needs someone to throw him a line to pull him out.
fredrichlariccia says
Trumpists made their own vomit. Let them choke on it.
fredrichlariccia says
Cry me a river of SNOWFLAKE TEARS and STFU to all CHUMP LOSERS and their POS (Party of Sedition) MASKHOLES.