Sometimes disappointment overwhelms my fear.

I feel both, and right now I am so disappointed in some of the people I know (how can I still call them friends?).

I am disappointed that they have a different moral code; they seem interested only in themselves, denigrating others, and standing with the evil that would lock up children and separate families.

I am disappointed that they use phrases like, “Make America Great Again” and “Clear the Swamp”, which incite people to make the easy decisions. Decisions based on slogans, misinformation, lack of clarity, and no attention to the fact that they don’t have to be afraid of people who don’t look like them.

They are mired in a swamp of ignorance about even our county’s history, which is one of diversity. That diversity has brought us so much, but they don’t know about any of it; they don’t know how that diversity has been what has made America so great. So I am disappointed.