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Republicans under Trump have increasingly advocated violence as a way to gain power because they know their unpopular positions cannot lead their candidates to victory in free and fair elections. In this moment it appears they are projecting their own behavior onto Biden and the Democrats, blaming them for advocating violence when in fact, Biden and the Democrats have tried hard to enact commonsense gun safety laws and have consistently condemned the violent language and normalizing of political violence by Republicans - which they routinely write off as a "just joking."

Biden spoke to the nation, warning that Americans need to “lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. And we must stand together.” He condemned the violence, noting that “[a] former president was shot” and “an American citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing…. There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can’t allow this violence to be normalized.”

The framers of the Constitution, he said, “created a democracy that gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over brute force. That’s the America we must be, an American democracy where arguments are made in good faith, an American democracy where the rule of law is respected, an American democracy where decency, dignity, fair play aren’t just quaint notions, but living, breathing realities.”

Biden rejected the weird idea that criticizing the Republicans’ extremism was polarizing. While they can “criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country,” he said, “I’ll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy, stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law, to call for action at the ballot box, no violence on our streets. That’s how democracy should work.”

There was this girl I knew has told me this in the middle of conversation we had for context, she’s 23 years old:

I’m not very experienced in love. I don’t understand hookup culture, and I dislike serial dating. I have had bad experiences with LDRs and simply everything social media-related. I may act like a tough cookie, but I really am not.

Are there still people out there who will stand at your doorstep holding flowers and maybe chocolates, nervous and stumbling over their words? Are there still people who write Christmas and birthday cards each year to the people they love? Are there people who will gift their favorite book with annotations to their lover so they can enjoy it too?

I don’t want to be shown off on your Instagram or Facebook page like some meat trophy with a name. I don’t want to remind someone of my birthday or that it’s the day when a loved one passed away. I don’t want to be compared to all the beauty exhibited online.

I want someone to slow down with me and stare up at the sky, watching how the clouds turn into different shapes. Sigh.

What do y’all say?