This is the version where I replace inappropriate words so my mom can read it without thinking I’m a bad guy. Here’s the regular post.
I recently came to a revelation: We should be nice to each other this election season. Boom. I know. Let me explain how I got here.
So things are starting to heat up politically. There have been a lot of online discussions about which candidate is best. They mostly leave everyone feeling angry and unchanged. Part of the reason we leave angry is the other side rarely seems to even hear our reasons for why we see things the way we do.
A lot of people I know are planning to vote for Donald Trump. I think he’s an obvious cartoon Disney villain. But, I like a lot of the people who still feel compelled to vote for him, so I decided to really try and understand their side of things.
Full disclosure: I’m a left-leaning liberal, at least at this stage of life. I bring my own confirmation bias into this election cycle but I genuinely wanted to see what it would take to convince myself to vote for Donald Trump. It was a fun time. Continue reading “How to Participate in the American Election Without Being a Bad Guy”
