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Sixty-Three: Goodbye America
Thursday, 15 January, 2026
I’ve lost faith in too many people. I look around at people I have known my whole life—people I once knew to be good, decent, and kind—and I no longer recognize them. You now stand for things that I find abhorrent, things that even you would have been against ten years ago. I’ve realized that reasonable conversation is dead. Minds cannot be changed. This platform has become a toxic echo chamber, and frankly, I am tired. MAGA supporters tell me all the time that my "hatred" of one man causes me to go against what’s right. Here is my retort: Your love of one man has caused you to abandon your morals, your principles, and even your religion. When a man reveals who he is, but you refuse to believe it, something has changed inside your brain. Is it brainwashing? Is it a cult? Is it spiritual? I don’t know. But the evidence is overwhelming, and you choose to look away. He is a man who screwed over countless small businesses—roofers, masons, steelworkers—leaving them unpaid and forcing them to sue him, only for him to hide behind bankruptcy seven times. That’s who he is. He is a man who created a fake children’s charity to steal from and plunder. That’s who he is. He is a man who bragged about sexually assaulting women because he’s rich and famous. A man confirmed in court to have assaulted a woman—essentially rape—escaped only by outdated state definitions. That’s who he is. He is a man convicted of 42 felonies. That’s who he is. He is a man who was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein for 15 years, whose own documents show he sent female employees to him. A man who speaks inappropriately about his own daughter. That’s who he is. He is a man who says he doesn’t have to ask God for forgiveness. A man who scammed his own followers with a "shit coin" to make billions while they lost money. That’s who he is. I could go on for twenty minutes. The list is endless. But you love him so much you ignore it. Or worse, you defend it. I can’t do this anymore. My heart is broken by people I once knew to be ethical, moral Christians who have sold out to a charlatan. You claim faith, yet show no empathy for hungry children, single moms, immigrants, or the police officers bashed in the face by the very rioters this man pardoned. My heart is tired. Fascism is taking root, and half the nation is willfully blind to it. There is no excuse for ignorance today. The knowledge of the world is at your fingertips, yet you ignore that power to rely on partisan memes and the words of liars. When people choose to be willfully ignorant, hope is lost. When people choose the powerful over the powerless, hope is lost. When people choose the rapist over the raped, hope is lost. When people choose a cult of personality over the teachings of their religion, hope is lost. Finally, to those sending me threats: I see you. For years, since Covid and as recently as last week, my safety has been threatened. I have shared your private messages and profiles with friends and family. If something happens to me, the police will know exactly who to look for. I love you. And I love America. But I can’t anymore. Good luck.
