I'm done. Done lurking, done being cancelled, done trying to walk on eggshells around people close to me that are so incensed by me supporting our president that they decide not to talk to me anymore. I've been taking the high road for 4+ years, quietly turning the other cheek when friends and family spout their bullshit and explode at every possible opportunity, increasingly joining the ranks of the perpetually outraged.

I've been dancing around the topic of politics this whole time and refusing to give in to anger, never satisfying the urge to fight back against the insanity by meeting them at their absurd and emotionally charged level. I'm done being quiet, I'm done playing the diplomat, and I'm done being the adult in a sea of children unable to control their emotions. I can't be the buffer anymore, hopelessly clinging to the idea that those brainwashed by the other side will return to civility someday, even if we can't see eye-to-eye on the issues.

I'm beyond exhausted with people who can't handle that someone has an opinion different from them. My family and friends always had the "agree to disagree" rule where we had bleeding heart liberals, die-hard conservatives, and everyone in-between. We could argue politics and hug each other at the end of the night confident that whatever our disagreements, they were superseded by the bonds we shared: as human beings, as Americans, and as family. Those days are over, gone, destroyed; possibly never to return again.

This absolute clusterfuck of an election was the bowling ball that broke the camel's back. The insidious democratic machine finally went too far, finally infected enough of those around me that I have been pushed past my limit. Frankly, I'm both relieved to be able to stop pretending and ashamed it took me this long to do so. They were the ones to draw the lines, I'm just the one deciding which side to stand on. I stand with our president, I stand with America, and I am done pretending or holding back to spare the sensitivities of anyone. Thank you everyone here for unknowingly spending the last several years showing me that I wasn't the only one, and I'm sorry it took me this long to wake the fuck up. MAGA

P.S. Yeah it's a first post on a one-day old account, if you read the rant you'll know why.