You two never fail to leave me more encouraged and hopeful each time I listen to your exchanges❣️
As a 66 year old, white, conservative female voter raised in Mississippi, I’m painfully aware of the unfair prejudice I might face when some read the information I have just shared.
As someone who has never felt as if I fit neatly into one political camp or the other (like SO MANY American voters), one of my deepest disappointments throughout the past several years of political turmoil has been the removal of “my rose-colored glasses”.
Born in 1958 in Northern Italy to a handsome American Air Force enlistee and a young Italian Beauty, my father brought us “home” to
Mississippi when I was less than a month old.
Being raised in our home meant being taught about the beauty and worth of each human being regardless of the color of their skin (red blood runs through ALL of our veins), the country of origin, chosen religion, and the varied economic status of individuals. Unkindness and disrespect toward others was NOT tolerated.
Non of the above mentioned elements alone make a person WHO they are; it is the CHARACTER of each individual and the way that they treat others that tells me the most about who deserves my honor and respect.
We were taught that God made each individual because of His Love for them, giving them special gifts and talents to be shared during their time on this earth for the good of all mankind. We are each uniquely and wonderfully made and there is no other exactly like us.
To see, on the scale made available to us via media, the overwhelming anger, frustration, distrust and UNFAIR JUDGEMENT of others, one to the other solely based on their vote, left me in disbelief. WHY were citizens so willing to “assume” things about another person they know NOTHING about, treating them with blind disdain and hatred?!
This seems like the epitome of ignorance to me.
I was SHOCKED and DISMAYED to find dear friends abandoning me based on ONLY ONE element of my overall personhood, 💔 my privilege and right to vote my own conscience.
Thankfully, I was made aware of BRAVER ANGELS
(www.braverangels.org) which brings people from across the U.S. (and World!) to have CIVIL and CURIOUS Conversations. helping us to get to know and understand others with whom we disagree. Braver Angels restored my faith in mankind❣️
Thank you both, so very much, for sharing your insightful and wise perspectives. 🙏🏻 💕
Dear Glenn and John,
You two never fail to leave me more encouraged and hopeful each time I listen to your exchanges❣️
As a 66 year old, white, conservative female voter raised in Mississippi, I’m painfully aware of the unfair prejudice I might face when some read the information I have just shared.
As someone who has never felt as if I fit neatly into one political camp or the other (like SO MANY American voters), one of my deepest disappointments throughout the past several years of political turmoil has been the removal of “my rose-colored glasses”.
Born in 1958 in Northern Italy to a handsome American Air Force enlistee and a young Italian Beauty, my father brought us “home” to
Mississippi when I was less than a month old.
Being raised in our home meant being taught about the beauty and worth of each human being regardless of the color of their skin (red blood runs through ALL of our veins), the country of origin, chosen religion, and the varied economic status of individuals. Unkindness and disrespect toward others was NOT tolerated.
Non of the above mentioned elements alone make a person WHO they are; it is the CHARACTER of each individual and the way that they treat others that tells me the most about who deserves my honor and respect.
We were taught that God made each individual because of His Love for them, giving them special gifts and talents to be shared during their time on this earth for the good of all mankind. We are each uniquely and wonderfully made and there is no other exactly like us.
To see, on the scale made available to us via media, the overwhelming anger, frustration, distrust and UNFAIR JUDGEMENT of others, one to the other solely based on their vote, left me in disbelief. WHY were citizens so willing to “assume” things about another person they know NOTHING about, treating them with blind disdain and hatred?!
This seems like the epitome of ignorance to me.
I was SHOCKED and DISMAYED to find dear friends abandoning me based on ONLY ONE element of my overall personhood, 💔 my privilege and right to vote my own conscience.
Thankfully, I was made aware of BRAVER ANGELS
(www.braverangels.org) which brings people from across the U.S. (and World!) to have CIVIL and CURIOUS Conversations. helping us to get to know and understand others with whom we disagree. Braver Angels restored my faith in mankind❣️
Thank you both, so very much, for sharing your insightful and wise perspectives. 🙏🏻 💕