Something I’ve realized over the last year and a half: echo chambers are underrated.
When it comes to this Trump administration, I’ve heard the other side’s reasoning. I disagree. I don’t need to hear it again.
And there is absolutely nothing in the world that could justify separating young children from their parents and putting them in cages. My God.
I am very likely preaching to the choir here, but I don’t care. I’m going to say some things that might sound more extreme even to those on my side, but I sincerely hope you’ll understand where I’m coming from:
Anyone who still supports Trump, anyone who has no problem with the harm caused by his zero-tolerance border problem, is not only evil but subhuman.
If you can’t see any humanity in small children who happen to be poor and Latin American, then frankly, I can’t see any humanity in you.
There are actual concentration camps on the border. If you’re okay with that, it is not an exaggeration to compare you with the Nazis.
I don’t mean “you,” because if you’re reading this, you probably aren’t one of them. But you might have relatives, acquaintances, or, God forbid, friends who are. And if that’s true of you, you need to start applying the word “Nazi” to them.
Your dad is a Nazi.
Your brother is a Nazi.
Your grandmother is a Nazi.
Your old friend from high school who’s not very smart is a Nazi.
Your coworker is a Nazi.
Your friend’s friend is a Nazi.
Et cetera. I was never on board with treating Trump supporters with civility, but we are WAY past that point. The government is committing crimes against humanity, and the fact that it’s gotten to this point means that we’ve spent far too much time being civil.
Trump supporters are not people. They are Nazis, and it’s time to start treating them as such.
Every time you’re polite to your Trump-supporting friend/relative, every time you let their views go unchallenged or let them think that their views are valid or acceptable, you are letting them know that their views are socially acceptable- which, of course, they should not be.
If you had a friend or relative who was guilty of sexual assault, you wouldn’t think twice about cutting off contact with them, right? You wouldn’t keep that person in your life because it would be disrespectful to the victim.
Keeping Trump supporters in your life is disrespectful to the kids in cages, as well as everyone else who’s been hurt by this administration.
Don’t concern yourself with WHY they support Trump. The “why” doesn’t matter any more than why a rapist rapes matters. There’s no justification whatsoever for supporting Trump.
Remove them all from your life.
Embrace the echo chamber.