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A Writer's avatar

Thank you for this post.

Why would you not want Hillary to win?

What is polite society?

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Emme Lund's avatar

I meant I wasn't voting for Clinton's policies (I disagree with her stance on mass incarceration, war hawk-i-ness, and treatment of protestors, among many other issues) but rather was voting against Trump.

By "retiring from polite society," I meant no longer keeping my mouth shut about things I didn't agree with out of fear that it would be impolite to say something. I had resolved to make a stink whenever and wherever I felt morally called years before 2016, but that election meant any scrap of politeness over truth left was thrown out the window.

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