Today, It’s All About Sides.

How do I choose where to stand?

I just unfriended a bunch of Trumpsters and when do, I feel hopeless. I feel like I’m turning my back on my brothers (it’s almost always men) and possibly missing an opportunity to educate them or pull them out of the indoctrination. But that’s just my ego thinking I have the power to change them.

In the end, I stand strong against hate, so they have to go.

I am constantly checking myself and making sure that I am not the one that is deluded. Am I caught in a bubble? Is my information wrong? Which is the main reason I allow dissent on my page.

These days make it tough to tell sometimes. I have never been a Political Party person. For 95% of my voting years I was registered as an Independent.

So when all else fails, I look at the people. Who do I want to stand with?

I want to stand with the marginalized, not those that justify it.
I want to stand with the LGBTQ+ not those who are hateful and bigoted.
I stand with my brothers and sisters of color because their value and rights have never been appreciated.
I fight for the poor, not worship the wealthy.
I stand against misogyny and the patriarchy because only inflated and misaligned egos diminish women and their power and gifts.
I stand with hope not hate.
I stand with…