Elisa Mariño
2 min readJan 29, 2025

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I'm going to be painfully honest. They have the right to vote for someone who would pass laws that would take away rights from women, LGTBI+ and people of color. For whatever reason. But the people who was let down by that vote, have the right to walk away from them and stop considering family or friends in order to protect themselves from people who just show that in their eyes, they are considered less and perfectly expendable.

Sure, some young black men feel that women have "Gone too far in asking for equality". They would claim that they should be submisive and quote all the redpill lies that feel better than facing uncomfortable truths. But then they shouldn't expect emphaty and understanding by the people they've just denied that (plus basic human rights).

If Trump's policies end hurting them, they should go back to the people they've failed asking for help and understanding. Or claim that "that wasn't their intention". They have chosen to burn bridges and the people they've hurt are also in their right to not forgive them.

After all, women and LGTBI+ people are the "cousin Mbala" here. The ones who want to change traditions that hurts them and that would walk away for their own sanity. While Trump, republicans, the religious right are the ones who would answer with autoritarian laws against those people to try to enforce the trations that hurt women and LGTBI+ people.

And consider black men who voted for Trump "gullible" or "uninformed" is the less hard option on them. Because they could also be considered selfish and hateful towards women and LGTBI+ people. If people could judge them with the idea that they knew what they were voting, the judgement would be harsher because that would make them bad toxic people.

In fact, listening to them, might very well mean that the democrats feel even more betrayed and hurt. Listening not always lead to healing or closing distance. Understanding something does't mean that we are going to think it is ok. After all, understanding racism and racist people just cause more disgust in decent people.

In his other presidency, Trump promised works that weren't created. A hald built wall, a great economy agreement with China that never happened (although China has reduced their dependancy on US), that North Korea would get rid of their weapos (never happened) and to take away abortion (in this he delivered). So it is logical to think that women's rights would be taken away, LGTBI+ right would also be taken away but the economy growth he promises is uncertain. Time would tell if it was worth for those voters, but they should assume that the ones that are hurt by Trump's policies resent them and that is the cost they have to accept for their choice. That is democracy too.

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Elisa Mariño
Elisa Mariño

Written by Elisa Mariño

Fiction is the art to tell lies to show truths. Politics is the art to use truths to tell lies.

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