Tonight, I got into a disagreement on Facebook. Yes, I realize how ridiculous that sounds. I’m tired and beyond frustrated of the racism, bigotry, and sexism that has become mainstream in this country during this election cycle. There are major media outlets reporting on it every day, comments that in a normal election cycle would get a candidate disowned by his/her own party, but it somehow, has become acceptable.
The United States of America is BETTER than this.
We pick hope over fear.
Love trumps hate. Every damn day.
You’re different, awesome, welcome! You have a place here, because in the US, we accept EVERYONE, from EVERY walk of life. Not just the whites ones. Or the rich ones. Or the ones that belong to the “correct” religion.
I cannot and will not keep quiet. I have a voice and I will use it until the day I die. I will 
stand up to discrimination, sexism, racism, bigotry, bullies, etc. I hope that you all use your voices, too.
And vote. For the love of all things holy, VOTE. Don’t skip on voting because you don’t like the candidates. You don’t need to like them. You don’t need to want to have a beer with them. It is not a personality contest, it is a contest of qualifications. Do you research. Use bipartisan sites to fact check claims. Please don’t let the talking heads on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox be the ones that inform you.
As Americans, we are smarter than this.
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