Ryan Andrew K :
I’m someone who supported McCain and Romney and was ok when Obama defeated both men. And I also supported Sanders and Massie. This is the non-hyperpartisan America, the incorruptible America that we need. The path back toward a stable America is long and hard with challenges coming from all sides, from foreign powers, the left, right, and center, but especially from mega-donors. But instead of “shunning” them all, I think one ought ask who are the better half or better third who can help me— because ultimately, it’s not about selling out or not selling (if it were, we would be self-satisfied in being above it all, yet impotent, unable to bring about a better world), but about meaningful impact. Other questions people would do well to ask: Are there doctrinaire beliefs that I hold which I’ve not really deeply researched but somehow cling onto? Why? And what happens if I do the exercise of the scientist in trying to prove myself wrong in these tightly held beliefs? What issues or values can’t be compromised and which aren’t priorities? Everything seems like a priority when many things are broken but there are still relative rankings, if they’re harder to parse. If we skip this work how can we expect to unite with others who might be allies with us? Or rally people to our causes by communicating what our priorities are? And above all, people should look past the political coding, the doctrinaire coding— easy to do of the other tribe but harder to do for your own tribe— and support people of any political stripe of whether you think they are a woman or man of integrity, of hope, of decency, of character more than optics. We, the electorate, the American people, need more brave, honorable leaders in politics (and we need these people to win and rise once in politics). Pastor Talarico, Dr El-Sayed, these are people who give me hope whom, after doing my own due diligence, I sense are honorable people (but people can change too! For better and for worse which we cannot forget!)
2026-08-01 11:16:01