We cannot win by hating our fellow Americans.

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119. the hate is all coming from their side

We warned them. About Russia. About the sovereignty of Ukraine. About the need for education and healthcare. About the fragility of the markets and our trade partnerships. About the need for a pandemic plan that everyone would get behind rather than splintering in our own uniquely ignorant and dumb YOLO inclinations.

We are now an international embarrassment. There are literally Nazis marching in our streets. Nazis working in the government. Nazis wearing Nazi hats and smiling as they overpay for groceries. Barely a hum in the background of this madness, our respected news institutions are warning us about the destruction of critical government functions and jobs--functions and jobs which are foundational to our Democracy--now being destroyed to lay the foundation for a permanent white, Christofascist, Nazi state.

There is nothing hateful coming from us. We are acknowledging the reality of what is happening. That is not hate. Fighting back against fascism is not hate. Hating hate is not hate. Nazis cannot be hated any more than a roach or rat can be. Nazis can only be recognized for being Nazis and taken down.

"There were very fine people on both sides."