I can't unsee the past 8 years. So much ugliness. So much dishonesty. So much betrayal. The values I held in the Before Times are still here with me; stronger even than before, perhaps. But that person - the naively optimistic person that had faith in his country and fellow man, as recently as 2020 - that person is gone and I don't think he's coming back.
When Mona said that about her love for her fellow Americans, I felt it in my very soul.
I can't unsee the past 8 years. So much ugliness. So much dishonesty. So much betrayal. The values I held in the Before Times are still here with me; stronger even than before, perhaps. But that person - the naively optimistic person that had faith in his country and fellow man, as recently as 2020 - that person is gone and I don't think he's coming back.
That person IS GONE ! they will not return ever. so they they get smarter ? maybe? I do not know I can only hope and **************