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Candice Kunasek's avatar

I think it’s super important for people to be able to have those conversations gently and with grace. Like you said often times we are concerned about similar or same things but how we feel those problems should be solved are different. It doesn’t mean that those thoughts aren’t thoroughly worked through just because there is disagreement. I hope that everyone that reads this post can try to see others through that light. If you vote for Trump, that doesn’t mean you’re a monster. If you vote for Kamala it doesn’t mean you’re a monster. Unless you’re of course actually a monster however that is not dependent on your vote. If you claim that love for humanity is leading your vote then your treatment of someone that disagrees with you should reflect what you claim to cherish. I hope more people lead with grace as it seems to be written here in this post. Thank you Emily.

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Gail Boos's avatar

Great post Emily! There is so much that goes into the choices we make at the ballot box. I know that for me, it happens to distill down to personal freedom. Who wants me to have it and who wants to take it away from people? I never want to someone else to choose for me so in turn I want others to choose for themselves. There are other things as well but my ability to be fully in control of my own person is extremely important to me. (Insofar as it doesn’t impede someone else from being in control of their own person).

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