I think all of us here have, at one point in our past, decided to go down the rabbit hole. We have all learned that once you go down the rabbit hole, you can't come back. Or in Matrix parlance, many of us decided to take the red pill instead of the blue pill. I do not think anything has been more difficult for me than seeing the world so completely different than most other people. I have tried many times to "go back" but it is useless because I have can't unsee and unfeel what I have seen and felt. I know many of us struggle through those moments when our vision alienates us from others. Perhaps the most reassuring realization during these moments of anxiety and, sometimes, terror is that other people feel the same way we do.
Daily Kos has always be a warm and welcoming place for people who see the world as a rainbow, despite the multitude of others insisting it’s simply black and white. I feel grateful that such a forum exists at all, and that many other online spaces allow for me to interact with like-minded people. Despite my gratitude for these opportunities to relate to others, I still have an intense feeling of isolation when it comes to the deeper feelings I have about our nation, society, and culture.
For instance, I enjoy rooting for, and sometimes supporting, Democratic candidates for office, but I really don't trust them nor do I respect them as leaders. I see them as less horrible and dangerous than American Conservatives, but not by much. While I would not say America is a one party system, I think it is certainly an aristocracy that has corporate-fascist underbelly to it. I get the sense that other people at Daily Kos have similar feelings, but I don’t often hear them come out and say it.
So, I would like to hear from anyone who feels that their moral, political, and religious consciousness is not being fully represented or respected by the Democratic Party. If you are in this group of people who feels maligned or negated by how the Democratic Party operates and governs, do you ever envision being apart of an organization that is inclusive to who you are, not just part of who you are, but inclusive to all of who you are. I daydream about this a lot, about being united with other people who accept me completely, despite all the disparate components of my being. I long to feel like a whole person, bound with a mosaic of others who themselves are burning with all of their light. Does anyone else here feel that as well? If so, why do we still even discuss the Democratic Party? Are they not meaningless in the face of our true desires?
Dissenters strongly encouraged to reply :)