Show them
Dems, especially gays, are posting suicide helpline information post Trump victory. My initial reaction was to roll my eyes, but when I let myself feel it from their lens, I realized that the terror is deep and real for them, thanks to the thorough brainwashing from the media that affects the majority on both sides on way or another.
People who are lacking a strong community or safe nuclear family, especially those who have been victimized/traumatized, often look to the government for their sense of safety. That sense of safety just got shattered, in their eyes.
We won. No need to keep punching (in public). Show them their fears are unfounded.
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
-Samuel Adams
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