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We are defined by our words and our actions.
We are also defined by the words we are unwilling to say and the actions we are unwilling to take.
We are defined by the company we keep and the alliances we make.
Maybe that is not fair.

People ask us to distinguish who they are from the politician they support. People do not want others to think so horribly of them, their not racist they protest; it was all about jobs or abortion or change. They want this concession when at the same time they have been the accuser; on abortion, taxes. Many have talked about taking their country back, refer to themselves as the real Americans. Those who do not look like them or think like them are the others, usurpers we have been called. Our patriotism has constantly been in question.

We are also being asked to sweep it under the rug. Reassurances that he can never do the things he said he would do, or that isn’t what he meant. So wait a minute, you expect everyone to indulge in your fantasy that it was all an act. I am not sure which aspect of that is worse.

Then there are the protesters, exercising their rights to assembly and free speech. Crybabies they are called because they are exercising those rights. I mean it isn’t as if there was a large scale movement of Republicans after President Obama’s election that staged protests and marches, oh wait it had a catchy name the Tea Party. Lets also not forget the large scale growth of armed militia groups over the last 8 years.

It is a conundrum indeed.