I am in tech, too! You are not alone.

I know exactly how you feel bc that's what what my environment was when I was at school in the heart of the city in 2016. Some woke black dude came up behind me & kicked my backpack across the floor. Him & his equally woke friend gave me the eye as they passed. All because he saw me minding my own business eating lunch & watching a video of Trump making a speech with headphones. I'm a white girl, and this was a liberal Jesuit university next to a violent neighborhood, so it was at that moment that I knew I could say nothing & had to keep a low profile.

I was totally silent about my Trump support in 2016 until a friend expressed his support in our physics department student lounge & our lefty friends basically ganged up on him. Mostly soft-core Bernie bros, some libertarians, and straight-up Dems. Ended up finding out there were 4 of us Trumspters in our group of 15 or so.

Not all of them were left-wing nuts, and quite a few were moderate, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them have seen the light with recent events & having to enter the real world.

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Like you, I also knew Chicago was a lost cause in 2016, but I voted anyway.

This year, though, the energy is different. The areas I frequented in the loop in 2016 do not have the BLM & Dem signs they had before. I am even seeing pro-USA sentiment. Combine this with the fact that people have had the opportunity to see what Trump can do, and that Trump has as much as 49% African American & 66% Hispanic support leading up to 2020, compared to just 16% & 27% or something like that in 2016. That is YUGE. And now, there are even successful, grassroots Pro-Trump rallies in the 'burbs! These were totally nonexistent in 2016!!

I know Chicago has some of the dirtiest politibureau in the nation, and I have no doubt there will be fraud (likely always has been). But the tides are turning, and there is a certain change in spirit that I haven't seen in a long time having been born & raised here. If there is ever a chance for it to happen, it is now.

Keep in mind, inner city Chicago is the tightest & most echoey of echochambers. Start going out into the suburbs and it is less & less. It is more normal (not as awesome as in FL, where I reside now, but much more normal). My parents are in the outer NW suburbs, and there is tons of Pro-Trump shit. When I finally graduated that echochamber & left, it felt like an absolute breath of fresh air.

The status quo creates this echochamber purposely to discourage their competition. It is entirely a control mechanism.

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The city is unhealthy for the mind long-term. Especially this one. You need to get out of it regularly to not let it get to you. What kept me sane was commuting from my parent's home in the mid-suburbs & being able to talk to them daily.

Go hang out in the outer suburbs sometime, where the people are mellower & friendlier, or drive up to The Dells for a weekend. It will change your perspective & freshen your mind. So finds friends who think alike. I'm in Chicagoland for the next few months (except for when I fly back home to FL to vote), so DM me if you want. I'll show you places & you'll be with a pede.

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And please, go vote & bring 2 forms of valid ID. IL allows for Election Day Registration. You still have a chance. Do not let their control mechanisms work against you to take it away. You will regret not participating in what will very likely be the most important election of lives. Do not give them a chance to support the fraud they will commit by cryimg "mUh pOPulAr VOtE!" So let's go and grab our chance to make history by the pussy!!

I am in tech, too! You are not alone.

I know exactly how you feel bc that's what what my environment was when I was at school in the heart of the city in 2016. Some woke black dude came up behind me & kicked my backpack across the floor. Him & his equally woke friend gave me the eye as they passed. All because he saw me minding my own business eating lunch & watching a video of Trump making a speech with headphones. I'm a white girl, and this was a liberal Jesuit university next to a violent neighborhood, so it was at that moment that I knew I could say nothing & had to keep a low profile.

I was totally silent about my Trump support in 2016 until a friend expressed his support in our physics department student lounge & our lefty friends basically ganged up on him. Mostly soft-core Bernie bros, some libertarians, and straight-up Dems. Ended up finding out there were 4 of us Trumspters in our group of 15 or so.

Not all of them were left-wing nuts, and quite a few were moderate, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them have seen the light with recent events & having to enter the real world.

...

Like you, I also knew Chicago was a lost cause in 2016, but I voted anyway.

This year, though, the energy is different. The areas I frequented in the loop in 2016 do not have the BLM & Dem signs they had before. I am even seeing pro-USA sentiment. Combine this with the fact that people have had the opportunity to see what Trump can do, and that Trump has as much as 49% African American & 66% Hispanic support leading up to 2020, compared to just 16% & 27% or something like that in 2016. That is YUGE. And now, there are even successful, grassroots Pro-Trump rallies in the 'burbs! These were totally nonexistent in 2016!!

I know Chicago has some of the dirtiest politibureau in the nation, and I have no doubt there will be fraud (likely always has been). But the tides are turning, and there is a certain change in spirit that I haven't seen in a long time having been born & raised here. If there is ever a chance for it to happen, it is now.

Keep in mind, inner city Chicago is the tightest & most echoey of echochambers. Start going out into the suburbs and it is less & less. It is more normal (not as awesome as in FL, where I reside now, but much more normal). My parents are in the outer NW suburbs, and there is tons of Pro-Trump shit. When I finally graduated that echochamber & left, it felt like an absolute breath of fresh air.

The status quo creates this echochamber purposely to discourage their competition. It is entirely a control mechanism.

...

The city is unhealthy for the mind long-term. Especially this one. You need to get out of it regularly to not let it get to you. What kept me sane was commuting from my parent's home in the mid-suburbs & being able to talk to them daily.

Go hang out in the outer suburbs sometime, where the people are mellower & friendlier, or drive up to The Dells for a weekend. It will change your perspective & freshen your mind. So finds friends who think alike. I'm in Chicagoland for the next few months (except for when I fly back home to FL to vote), so DM me if you want. I'll show you places & you'll be with a pede.

...

And please, go vote & bring 2 forms of valid ID. IL allows for Election Day Registration. You still have a chance if you want. Do not let their control mechanisms work against you to take it away. Let's go and grab our chance by the pussy!!

I am in tech, too! You are not alone.

I know exactly how you feel bc that's what what my environment was when I was at school in the heart of the city in 2016. Some woke black dude came up behind me & kicked my backpack across the floor. Him & his equally woke friend gave me the eye as they passed. All because he saw me minding my own business eating lunch & watching a video of Trump making a speech with headphones. I'm a white girl, and this was a liberal Jesuit university next to a violent neighborhood, so it was at that moment that I knew I could say nothing & had to keep a low profile.

I was totally silent about my Trump support in 2016 until a friend expressed his support in our physics department student lounge & our lefty friends basically ganged up on him. Mostly soft-core Bernie bros, some libertarians, and straight-up Dems. Ended up finding out there were 4 of us Trumspters in our group of 15 or so.

Not all of them were left-wing nuts, and quite a few were moderate, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them have seen the light with recent events & having to enter the real world.

...

Like you, I also knew Chicago was a lost cause in 2016, but I voted anyway.

This year, though, the energy is different. The areas I frequented in the loop in 2016 do not have the BLM & Dem signs they had before. I am even seeing pro-USA sentiment. Combine this with the fact that people have had the opportunity to see what Trump can do, and that Trump has as much as 49% African American & 66% Hispanic support leading up to 2020, compared to just 16% & 27% or something like that in 2016. That is YUGE.

I know Chicago has some of the dirtiest politibureau in the nation, and I have no doubt there will be fraud (likely always has been). But the tides are turning, and there is a certain change in spirit that I haven't seen in a long time having been born & raised here. If there is ever a chance for it to happen, it is now.

Keep in mind, inner city Chicago is the tightest & most echoey of echochambers. Start going out into the suburbs and it is less & less. It is more normal (not as awesome as in FL, where I reside now, but much more normal). My parents are in the outer NW suburbs, and there is tons of Pro-Trump shit. When I finally graduated that echochamber & left, it felt like an absolute breath of fresh air.

The status quo creates this echochamber purposely to discourage their competition. It is entirely a control mechanism.

The city is unhealthy for the mind long-term. Especially this one. You need to get out of it regularly to not let it get to you. What kept me sane was commuting from my parent's home in the mid-suburbs & being able to talk to them daily.

Go hang out in the outer suburbs sometime, where the people are mellower & friendlier, or drive up to The Dells for a weekend. It will change your perspective & freshen your mind. So finds friends who think alike. I'm in Chicagoland for the next few months (except for when I fly back home to FL to vote), so DM me if you want. I'll show you places & you'll be with a pede.

And please, go vote & bring 2 forms of valid ID. IL allows for Election Day Registration. You still have a chance if you want. Do not let their control mechanisms work against you to take it away. Let's go and grab our chance by the pussy!!