{"id":7074,"date":"2017-01-17T06:38:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2017-01-17T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T11:50:37","slug":"a-final-election-post-sigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=7074","title":{"rendered":"a final election post (sigh)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"9c8r4quwzrq-aaron-burden\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not long ago a reader\u00a0respectfully asked when we\u2019d be done covering the election. She was kind, but she had grown weary \u2014 weary because (1) the reactions of many have been challenging to continually endure, and (2) there are so many other current life events to address. I get it. I also have one more post\u2026<\/p>\n

I wish to gently, but sincerely recognize two legitimate perspectives. There\u2019s obviously more than such, but in light of the significant, seemingly self-justified vitriol in recent weeks, I will settle on two for said final post.<\/p>\n

First, there are honest, respectable people who are genuinely concerned with the election results. Some are deeply concerned \u2014 even afraid.\u00a0We don\u2019t know at this point whether or not their fears will come to fruition. We don\u2019t know as of yet whether their fears will equate to reality, but until we know more, we should not dismiss any potential legitimacy. We should also not assume their feared reality to be true.<\/p>\n

Second, there are persons going seemingly way too far in their response to the election. They either go too far in their continuous boasting \u2014 the gleeful \u201cwe won\u201d type of reaction \u2014 ignoring how any may feel differently\u2026 or\u2026 they express a generous anger or lament fiercely directed at whoever doesn\u2019t feel like them. As popular blogger, Regie Hamm, posed last week, “The wrath of the tolerant is often too much to bear when things don\u2019t go their way.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to see us do better at winning and losing. In fact, I\u2019d like us not even to see it as \u201cwinning and losing.\u201d It\u2019s not a game; it\u2019s also not the end of the world.<\/p>\n

Elections do have consequences, and there certainly exists legitimate disagreement. But in the Intramuralist\u2019s sincere opinion, we need to do better at expressing both our support and disagreement. Sadly, the anger and the arrogance impede respect and relationship \u2014 and therefore, also future progress.<\/p>\n

Friends, I know some of you love and admire Hillary Clinton.
\nI know some of you do not.
\nI know some of you love and admire Donald Trump.
\nI know some of you do not.
\nI also know some of you voted for Donald or Hillary without loving (or really liking)<\/em> either one of them.
\nYou made the decision you thought was best.<\/p>\n

Here, no less, is my sincere bottom line in our final election post: where is the respect for the right of every American to make the decision we individually think is best? Where is the respect for (all)<\/em> other people? My sense is we often are only good at respecting some.<\/em><\/p>\n

Afterall, it\u2019s a fact that\u2026<\/p>\n

Not all Republicans feel the same.
\nNot all Democrats feel the same.
\nNot all white or black people feel the same.
\nNot all minorities feel the same.
\nNot all men or women feel the same.
\nNot all of any<\/em> identified people group feels the same.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. We don\u2019t all feel the same, and we can thus come to different<\/em> \u201cbest\u201d decisions. It is also then, not a time for boasting nor wishing the worst on someone.<\/p>\n

May I share a final, underlying fear? When dining with a friend recently, I shared my concern that at some point soon, one of our leading politicians will be intentionally killed. That, though, is actually not my underlying fear.<\/p>\n

My fear is that those holding an opposing political perspective will cheer.<\/p>\n

May God forbid such to ever happen in this country. May he also forbid we stay so politically angry or arrogant. May we therefore find no comfort in our boasts or in unleashing our wrath on another solely because of who they are, what they believe, or how they vote.<\/p>\n

Wisdom equates to better and more.<\/p>\n

(P.S. Done now… sigh.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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