This is so excellent and well-written. It also describes me to a T. Only difference is that in 2016 in PA, I was Santorum, then Rubio, then Kasich for whom I departed the Democrats to register as a Republican in the primary. Then, finally, Trump. I’ve lost no real friends over the election, but did lose a freelance job of 17 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer because of my conservatism (they suffered with me under Bush and Obama but Trump was a bridge too far.) Ultimately I really no longer care. It is what it is. But I don’t blame Trump. I blame his haters (and in some cases, his followers.) I don’t even really hate Biden. Life goes in and I have adapted to being authentic, and slightly less “accompanied” by people who were apparently not really friends to begin with.
This is so excellent and well-written. It also describes me to a T. Only difference is that in 2016 in PA, I was Santorum, then Rubio, then Kasich for whom I departed the Democrats to register as a Republican in the primary. Then, finally, Trump. I’ve lost no real friends over the election, but did lose a freelance job of 17 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer because of my conservatism (they suffered with me under Bush and Obama but Trump was a bridge too far.) Ultimately I really no longer care. It is what it is. But I don’t blame Trump. I blame his haters (and in some cases, his followers.) I don’t even really hate Biden. Life goes in and I have adapted to being authentic, and slightly less “accompanied” by people who were apparently not really friends to begin with.