#NotMyAmerica
I haven't written in a while, mostly because the summer and these first few weeks of school have been incredibly busy! But, I'm sort of back at it now and I'd like to get back to blogging, at least as best as I can. I am writing tonight's post in the spirit of my favorite journalist, John Oliver, complete with hashtag. So, my post tonight probably will not win me any friends, and that's ok. I accept that from the start. But, my goal is not to win friends, it is to openly state my beliefs without holding back, because most of the time, I do hold back. For the past few days and weeks, I have been unable to turn on the news or scroll through social media feeds without seeing endless accounts of people and political groups spouting hatred and discontent towards other individuals and political groups for the people that they are and the choices they have mades. Some of these individuals have made poor personal choices in their lives, some have simply become