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Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
9. Monsters are elected by good people who do not vote, and good people who
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 02:42 PM
Oct 2016

reject reason and humanity in favor of party.

I found this part very moving;

But if Donald Trump wins the election in November of 2016, it is not him who takes away everything I have fought so hard to attain. It is you. You are the cold blooded killer of the rights women have fought for for as long as we can remember. It is you who will rob millions of young women of the respect they deserve, the future they deserve, and the feeling of safety we are barely clinging to now. It is you and only you who will give your daughters the gift of an impossible uphill climb, a bleak future stuck to the bottom of some man’s shoe. And you will cut the chord that has connected us for so very long. I must pose this question to you Dad, because it is really and truly the only thing I want an answer to: Do you really care about someone who is nakedly contemptuous of you and what you have accomplished more than you care about your own daughters?
k and r for this heartbreaking, excellent read. niyad Oct 2016 #1
A very intense essay. Jerry442 Oct 2016 #2
That was a powerful and heartbreaking letter PJMcK Oct 2016 #3
Yes but does it say whose blood this father shed? mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #4
THAT is your takeaway? bettyellen Oct 2016 #7
What the hell? narnian60 Oct 2016 #15
Your surprise and outrage astound me mothra1orbit Oct 2016 #29
That was an amazing letter..... alittlelark Oct 2016 #5
Wow. What an amazing woman. bettyellen Oct 2016 #6
His father's shame is what I see in most republican supporters ffr Oct 2016 #8
Monsters are elected by good people who do not vote, and good people who Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #9
Some people are blinded by the light elmac Oct 2016 #11
Tough case. Will he be the last one to leave the tRump campaign? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #10
K & R SunSeeker Oct 2016 #12
Thank you for sharing. I needed this. I am going through some family issues too. Missn-Hitch Oct 2016 #13
I needed this, too. susanna Oct 2016 #19
Thank you susanna. WE will. Missn-Hitch Oct 2016 #20
You raise such good questions. susanna Oct 2016 #21
K&R ... hoping everyone takes the time to read this etherealtruth Oct 2016 #14
This needs to be posted/shared everywhere dbackjon Oct 2016 #16
My wonderful mother is a Trump fanatic Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #17
+1, most people I find who support tRump are single sourced political info people. I even tune into uponit7771 Oct 2016 #22
The scary thing Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #24
+1, yes... they don't even try to hide it !!! uponit7771 Oct 2016 #28
You have told the story of my father. susanna Oct 2016 #23
Sadly DonCoquixote Oct 2016 #18
Wow! Extremely moving letter bringing up so many important issues. Wonderful insights! Sure worthy Akamai Oct 2016 #25
I hope she handmade34 Oct 2016 #26
If it's cult thinking - closing oneself off to all input except what the cult is telling them is Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2016 #27
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