During my previous post research, I learned that perhaps another thing led to Lindsey Shaw being abused on Twitter. Apparently, she made some pro Trump remarks on Twitter and something like that.
This factoid, combined with the events of the past few days, has led to a very interesting conclusion. One that I have battled with during my ride home from work and one that I am going to bring to a head right now.
I am about to break one of the cardinal rules of etiquette. But I feel that I have no recourse in the matter. I have been dancing around it a bit, mostly pushing it down. But I have to get it out there because I feel that I have no other choice. It is bothering me, but not in the way that you believe. So here it goes.
My parents voted for Donald Trump.
Not because they were racist, not because they were bigots, not because they were anti-semetic, not because they were filled with violence, not because they were "STUPID", not because they were sexist.
Basically they voted for him because they thought he would do a better job with the economy than Hillary Clinton.
That's it. That's the reason.
YET, going onto Twitter and seeing celebrities and other folk go after the VOTERS of Trump, not just him, makes me feel very angry. Because the way my brain works is they are insulting a generalized group, they are insulting my parents. And, through a transitive property, they are insulting me. This is how my brain works. And that is partially why whenever a Trump comment or joke is made, not to mention the repetitiveness, I feel a bit sad.
And on the drive home from work today, I felt that I had no recourse but to share this, because I don't like it. And I need some relief from it. I'm sorry but I had to do it.
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