SO GRATEFUL TO BE A DEMOCRAT.
Some of you know me!
Some of you might not!
But I just feel like yelling from the hilltops today.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE A DEMOCRAT.
Back when I first joined this party, thanks to the inspiration that was Bernie Fucking Sanders, I was on a mission to get Bernie's platform in the White House. That's all that mattered.
I volunteered in a political movement for the first time ever, I made friends, I found allies and honestly learned a bit more about myself.
But when we (Bernie Supporters) lost the primaries, sure I can admit it was my first taste of political defeat. I was angry, nearly disenchanted with the whole thing. But not sad.
I got back up and accepted Hillary. Then we lost that too.
But you know what? I'm still not defeated. In fact, I'm proud!
What better way to feel when I know that I am aligned with the group that wants equal rights for many? I am aligned with a party of compassion and bravery, not one of fear and selfishness!
What more to be proud of! I am grateful! I am for women's rights, for people of color and any gender or sexual orientation. I am open minded! I am not reserved into a cold shell of safety. I am outside the comfort zones of conservatism.
I don't need to repress others to empower myself. I don't feel super threatened if anyone doesn't acknowledge a certain religion.
When I checked the box for "Democrat" that fateful day, I knew I was ready to vote. But I didn't expect that I was ready for what has become an allegiance of like minded people with one common goal. An America for all. No one excluded just because we disagree with their values!
I'm just so grateful that when I first became politically enlightened, thanks again to Bernie, I did a google search for "Democratic Forum" and I came across all of you.
And what a wondrous bunch you all are. Excluding those trolls we all know and loathe, I want to give each and everyone of you a big ol' blue democratic hug.
And I will never forget the kindness this community has for one another. We see real people through these computer monitors. We care when others are sick or in need of help.
Hell, in my very own case, in the Christmas of 2015, my father and mother in law were in danger of getting their power shut off in the dead of winter, this would have rendered my father in law in a life risking situation. But I came to my friends at DU and I asked for help.
One of the first replies was, "Have you set up a donation site?"
I hadn't even considered that, but then I did. And within a week or two I can barely remember, you all raised over 5,000 for my family. I love you, I love you, I love you. Whenever I lose faith in humanity, I should always take a moment to remember the generosity shown to my family by strangers that owed us nothing.
You owed us nothing but you gave my father in law the safety to live warmly that holiday season.
And it didn't stop there. Right now even, we took in two abandoned puppies just so they could have another chance. But lacking the money ourselves we thought we'd ask for help again. And what did this Democratic Forum do? They went above and beyond. Just LOOK AT THIS: https://www.youcaring.com/twostraypuppies-739496
But enough of that. I'm just in the mood of gratitude and celebration for you. I've learned so much here. I've become so much here. I see a family here more than a community.
So look at me, true blue! Glad I became a Democrat. Glad I know where I stand. Glad I'm standing with the good and the selfless, the brave and the caring, the humble and the kind.
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