McEwan says the nasty guy supporters frequently push back. One of their unoriginal taunts is that the nasty guy “is living rent free” inside her head.
No, she says. She doesn’t think about him all that much.
She’s too busy thinking about the people he is harming – The people who voted against him who are subject to his sickening whims. The women harmed by growing misogyny. The families torn apart at the border. The people of color targeted by white supremacists. The Muslim people targeted by travel bans. The queer people facing the loss of recently acquired rights. Indigenous people standing against climate change. Science people losing funding for research. Disabled people who lack insurance. Poor people faced with food insecurity. People who don’t have clean drinking water. These are the people in her head.
Malice is his agenda.May we all live with an agenda of compassion.
Compassion is mine.
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