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Jinx Beers Deborah Bergman MYKONOS www.villamykonos.com Founder and Publisher Publisher 1975-1989 1989-1994 Lesbian News Magazine | July 2014 | www.LesbianNews.com 7 Politically speaking When Politics Gets Too Personal... What do you do when your friend joins the Tea Party? | By Donna Wade his month marks the 60th anniversary provides new opportunities for interaction (or creating simply not true," and provide factual backup, before I of my birth, which is astounding to conflict) and affords a less-guarded, sometimes can accept that cognitive dissonance kicked and their me because in my mind, I'm still in uncensored glimpse into our friends and acquaintances. eyes glazed over at the word simply and from then my early 30s. Though I'm on the cusp Since avid users post opinions on everything from on, every point I make will be filtered through a world of senior citizen discounts and early recipes to faith to politics, pop culture and the outrage view rooted in white male privilege, a deep resistance Tbird dining, the fire still burns in my belly for du jour, they sometimes also reveal things you wish you to social change, and an irrational fear and loathing of fighting the good political fight. didn't know. our first black President. Politically-engaged, uppity grandmothers, both I tend to follow a "read but rarely comment" strategy Should I even dignify by commenting on that friend's Democrats, schooled me in Citizenship 101, and those on social media, because everyone must walk their own new closing line for every new screed: "Is it still cool lessons became part of who I am today. They made path, define their own truth and I respect their right to to be an all-inclusive (not), gentle, nature-loving, certain I understood that if I saw a problem or injustice, do so. Though I'm not averse to spirited also debate progressive, elite, better-educated (not), freewill but did nothing about it, I was part of the problem. To when there's even a glimmer of a chance to change (not) Liberal Democrat?" I will always be a big-tent always to vote, because relatives had fought and died someone's mind on an issue, experience has also taught progressive, non-violent, animal-and nature-loving, so I would have that right. Not voting was out of the me when to shut the hell up. pro-choice, anti-war, anti-government spying, strong- question because it was forsaking one's civic duty. willed, lesbian feminist, bleeding-heart, tree-hugging, When people I've known for decades start posting civil rights advocating liberal and damn proud of it. My grandmothers believed that government exists venomous regurgitations of right wing talking points, But I have little in common with or patience for people to act for the common good when it is an issue of including links to anti-government militias and who see no need to investigate beyond the talking such magnitude that individuals cannot go it alone, conspiracy theories via InfoWars, Freedomworks points, innuendo, manufactured scandals and other but they also understood that sometimes you have to and other "red-meat-for-the-base" websites, I am manipulations. force government to do the right thing. That peaceful dumbfounded. Do they really believe that Obama is assembly in the streets could shift the conversation, the socialist, Muslim, Kenyan E.T./alien, Manchurian 21st century problems like climate change and humanize the "others," and educate and empower Candidate spawn of Communism and Satan and part of diminishing natural resources demand innovative those who feel marginalized, maligned and forgotten. the plot on BENGHAZI!? Or are they just poking the scientific solutions from creative minds or the Sixth They taught me that a democracy is a continual work bear to see my reaction? Great Extinction we're living through may be the last. in progress and I must never let fear or intimidation If the Koch-bankrolled Tea Party 18% ever control keep me from speaking out or raising hell when I feel What would you say to the assertion that the Sandy simultaneously both Houses of Congress and the so moved. Hook Elementary School mass shooting was only a White House, those 57 million mostly old white folks "false flag" CIA operation to gin up public support for will ride herd over the other 260 million of us.