Hey listen, I am a child sexual abuse survivor.
If you asked me to sit down and have a convo with my molester, let alone three weeks after his trial, to get a "better understanding" of why he "is the way he is," for the sake of "unity,"
I would tell you to fuck all the way off.
We owe Trump voters NOTHING beyond what we are trying to provide for every American: health care, a basic living wage, a social safety net.
Our future as a nation depends on our ability to understand that we owe the MINORITY of this country, namely white racists, NOTHING ELSE.
We've got massive agendas to focus on:
-flipping the Senate (go Georgia!)
-pandemic response
-saving the ACA
-backstopping democracy with Constitutional Amendments
-preserving Roe
-ending Citizens United
and on and on and on it goes.
Trump voters are not some mythological creature that needs anthropological study.
They're white racists, pure and simple.
They deserve NO MORE OF OUR TIME if we care about the future of democracy.
WE WON, for fucks sake, and not by a little bit.
WE SHOULD ACT LIKE IT.
Last point, for folks who think we should all be one happy family:
there is no unity without accountability or justice.
THEY NEED TO DO THEIR OWN WORK.
No more (emotional) labor for white racists. We did that for fucking four years (and the entire history of a nation. MY GOD.)