Bye Bye Bye

November 6th, 2024

Oh, boy. Woof. After a tumultuous few days (though, let’s be honest, it’s really been years), starting tomorrow I will be blocking specific people from my social media accounts. It’s not a small amount.

Before I do that, however, I want to explain myself and give you a chance to read it. You know, before I block you.

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, my stance on Donald Trump over the past decade has made me a target for comments and messages that range from annoying to honestly pretty insane. I make decisions on how to deal with them on a case-by-case basis. I usually choose to remain in these people’s peripheral because I don’t think anybody should live in a bubble, myself included.

Well… no more.

At this point, I have to take care of me and the people I care most about, and to be honest, I don’t think the people who have made Trump (and hate) their entire personalities deserve to have me in their digital life anymore. They deserve the people who think just like them, who will betray them at the first whiff of weakness or wokeness, whose only loyalty lies within.

If you’re wondering why I don’t just turn everything from public to private, I have a reason for that, too. I think my writing is important, especially the essays on sobriety and grief, and I want people on the internet who need them to be able to find them. I know what it’s like to stumble onto something at the moment I really need it, and to be able to be that source of comfort or strength to someone else is why I write and share at all.

A few haters shouldn’t ruin that for everyone.

So, to be clear: this is absolutely personal. If I block you, I did it for a reason and I will not miss you nor the negative impact you have made on my life or potential impacts you and your beliefs will make on my loved ones’ lives.

I will still be over here, practicing radical empathy and believing in fairy tales in this new dystopia, like being nice to others, embracing different cultures, championing education, and supporting women and people in the LGBTQ+ communites. You know, just being a menace to society, just like I always have — but now with a little more room to breathe.

Keep fighting.