Just a report from the interior.
Yep. The crisis is past.
But first, a little story. I was once involved in a very bitter dispute with a person with whom there had been a long standing love thing. We were way past being together but suffice it to say, as sometimes happens, we had developed an allergy to each other. We had to keep dealing with each other...but each time another schism occurred, the crevasse got deeper and deeper. It was beginning to eat me up inside but then I realized the way out. It was simple. I declared a unilateral truce. I basically said, no matter where you want to take this, I will not fight no' mo'.
More after the flip
I'm realizing that I'm very much feeling that way about my brethren and sistren who support a different candidate than I do. I've been wrong. I've let my emotions and support for my candidate begin to color my world. I still believe that they are cuhrazy and have eyes but cannot see (joking)...BUT, I ain't gonna demonize no more.
The Geraldine Ferraro moment was tough for me. I was outraged and I was outraged by the lack of most anyone speaking out. It physically affected me. Although I wear my emotions on my sleeve most of the time, I don't often get physically affected. That night, was the crisis.
Tonight, I read one commenter talk about a diary here that was very pro Obama. It apparently fell to the bottom of diary oblivion in no time here but was recommended over at MyDD. That was a moment of satori. But it was compounded when I began to realize that there are those here who would H/R diaries either because a pro-HRC person wrote it or because they didn't like what was being said. That's unacceptable but also a sign of how easy it is to slide so far. And you know what? Rove and his ilk are laughing (they may also be working with Penn...but so be it.)
The fact of the matter is, first, life is way too short. Second of all, let's face it. We're in this together. We need each other and to a large degree, in a country that elected Bush in 2004, we are all we have. Third, I realize that there's someone out there, almost definitely, who is my mirror image. So, to that person, I'm reaching out. And to all of similar spirit. I'm reaching out. Enough. We need a healing. Finally, I also realized that the candidate I support has really tried to rise above the fray. The least I can do is to try to walk that same path.
I'm not saying that I won't be snarky from time to time, I will...but I'll really try not to be mean ot to engage in pack behavior. I may, and probably will, passionately disagree with HRC supporters but I won't let my personal beliefs occlude my thinking that we need each other. And we need each other badly. And that healing is going to take some work but I'm willing to carry the brunt of it on my end.
I probably have more to say. I think, however, that you get the gist of it. Truce. Namaste. Peace.