> Since November, every feature article I’ve written at work has made a strong implicit or explicit political statement
Good on you! [thumbs up & bicep curl emojis]
> I talk to people, including family and friends who voted in ways I am trying to understand
I feel like I should do this, but because those people in my life are mostly the people who go to my mom's church who I'm not really in touch with anymore, I'm not sure how to restart those relationships in ways that would enable me to have those conversations (because just contacting people out of the blue to be like "remember how much you like me? let's talk about the current political climate" is probably not Effective).
I sometimes try to engage with people who are mostly "on my side" who are saying problematic stuff, or who aren't as far left as me on a particular issue, or whatever, and UGH that is so often frustrating. So kudos to you for doing this hard work.
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Good on you! [thumbs up & bicep curl emojis]
> I talk to people, including family and friends who voted in ways I am trying to understand
I feel like I should do this, but because those people in my life are mostly the people who go to my mom's church who I'm not really in touch with anymore, I'm not sure how to restart those relationships in ways that would enable me to have those conversations (because just contacting people out of the blue to be like "remember how much you like me? let's talk about the current political climate" is probably not Effective).
I sometimes try to engage with people who are mostly "on my side" who are saying problematic stuff, or who aren't as far left as me on a particular issue, or whatever, and UGH that is so often frustrating. So kudos to you for doing this hard work.