It hurts me to say this ...

[Martin68]

62. Nance, I get you. But I live in a place in the US where I am surrounded by nature within

driving distance of a major university and a small town that excels in restaurants and excellent live music. I am in a purple state where in some areas people are rabidly Trumpist. But our town is amazingly diverse because of a university and a refugee resettlement program that has been here since the 70s. I have lived in Canada (Ontario), as well as Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Liberia, and Japan. What reliable journalism reports is that every country in the world is being affected by a right wing movement to move their country towards fascism. In countries that I always held up as models for the world we now see the ugly heads of fascism rising up. I've seen it in Canada, too. The U.S. has no monopoly on right wing rednecks.

We can still beat it, and I believe the odds are on our side in the long run. But wherever you go, it will affect you. I understand the shame you feel, and I feel it too because I think it is shameful what the right wing is saying and doing to this country. But I want to do what I can to fight it. Here.