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2. OMG this is so true! I would say, though, that empathy is hard. If you don't care, you don't hurt

so much when others are suffering. It IS easier to be Republican from my experience. My family seems so certain, all the time. I would extend that to their faith, which I don't share (also, since college). They know they're going to heaven and that gives them certainty. For me, when you die, you're just dead. You're dirt. Nothing to look forward to there. They're happy. I'm feeling the weight of climate change, our kids' futures, the children and families on our border, on and on and on. It all hurts.

I know I'm not speaking to the nit-picking that goes on among Democrats, and that was your point. But, I will mention that there are joyous moments we have that they don't have. When our former leaders go out in public, the public cheers! Republicans can't even go out to dinner. And trump not be welcome anywhere in the civilized world again. I'd rather be on the good side no matter how hard it seems at times.

And, to your point, we could all learn to be a little kinder to and more accepting of one another.