US Senate candidate Graham Platner reassures transgender Mainer he will fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Despite past controversies, he emphasizes growth and empathy. #GrahamPlatner
2016 me would have you think that 2025 me would be the goose stepping leader of the Trump fan club but instead I moved to a liberal city, came out of the closet and have been living a genuine and happy life.
I now despise trump and have come to embrace democratic socialism.
That radical change was directly related to my liberal friends being willing to talk with me and welcome me into their spaces despite our differences.
If we can’t accept that people are capable of change then we’re defaulted into a perpetual conflict where physical violence becomes inevitable.
If things can’t be worked out with words people will result to hands. Those are ultimately the only two tools people have to deal with each other.
Accepting that people can change allows people feel like they have a space to change to. If I didn’t have my friends to welcome me into their liberal space I never would have changed because the social pressure to stay conservative and for fear of being alone.
There’s a really strong argument to be made that regardless of personal beliefs, seeking that kind of power is inherently untrustworthy. But until we have a national legislature draft we have to rely on the evidence we have that people are going to do good things in office.
He keeps saying all the right things.
Hopefully he isn’t a lying Nazi
People change.
2016 me would have you think that 2025 me would be the goose stepping leader of the Trump fan club but instead I moved to a liberal city, came out of the closet and have been living a genuine and happy life.
I now despise trump and have come to embrace democratic socialism.
That radical change was directly related to my liberal friends being willing to talk with me and welcome me into their spaces despite our differences.
If we can’t accept that people are capable of change then we’re defaulted into a perpetual conflict where physical violence becomes inevitable.
If things can’t be worked out with words people will result to hands. Those are ultimately the only two tools people have to deal with each other.
Accepting that people can change allows people feel like they have a space to change to. If I didn’t have my friends to welcome me into their liberal space I never would have changed because the social pressure to stay conservative and for fear of being alone.
Yeah, hopefully.
There’s a really strong argument to be made that regardless of personal beliefs, seeking that kind of power is inherently untrustworthy. But until we have a national legislature draft we have to rely on the evidence we have that people are going to do good things in office.