That's right, I give. There comes a point in any fight when you realize that to stay in it just means you're gonna lose more teeth. When it comes to politics in this country, the fight can be pretty bloody, but the social justice fight has a lot more on the line than some rich business mogul or lawyer getting their feelings hurt. There's real blood in this game, and the wounds can last generations. We've all been swinging and kicking in this fight for a while now, some of us for decades, but I just can't take the ass kicking anymore.
I've been a scrapper in this fight for the last five years. I've given time and money, canvased, volunteered, protested, wrote letters and blog posts, talked to everyone I know about these issues (even changed some minds here and there), and all of it has been in two of the reddest states in the nation. I've fought a good fight.
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