I have been having a lot of conversations with friends and colleagues since the election. Of course everyone is elated and relieved, but there is also something deeper at work.<\/p>\n
The nearest analogy I can think of is something personal. Suppose you learned that someone close to you, somebody you love, had been beaten up by a vicious gang of thugs.<\/p>\n
When they were found, they were suffering from broken bones and internal injuries. You go to visit them in the hospital.<\/p>\n
You try to say something reassuring, to let them know that you love them, that the worst is over. But you both know that they will carry those wounds with them for a long time. Bones will heal, but psychic wounds run deep.<\/p>\n
They now understand that safety is an illusion. You feel helpless, knowing that no matter how much you love them, you cannot restore what has been taken from them.<\/p>\n
This is how I feel about what has been done over the last two years to our beloved country. A gang of vicious thugs broke into its house, and harmed it in ways that might take years to heal.<\/p>\n
Yes, the monsters have been vanquished, for now. But we also know, with terrible clarity, that safety is an illusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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