This Is Really Important

I am so tired of the nasty and mean-spirited comments,

the exaggerations and hyperbole, and

the age-ism 

from the older

and from the younger.

Respect experience.

Honor idealism.

Someone who disagrees with you 

is not stupid or evil.

Hard as it is,

make the choice for principled disagreement.

Remember the real enemy is the

racist,

misogynist,

homophobic,

transphobic,

fascist,

elitist,

climate change denying

fanatics and oligarchs

who must be held back

from the White House and all that power to really really hurt the world.

Once the choice is made, we must unify behind the candidate,

(neither of whom is perfect)

until after the election.

Don't make that unity harder than it needs to be.

Be a mensch.

This is really important.