In 2020, name-calling at the polls makes democracy more precious

“Baby-killers.”
“Pedophiles.”
“Fword-ing Democrats.”
​“Socialists.”

Those were some of the epithets hurled at me and my fellow poll watchers at the early voting site outside the supervisor of elections office on 301 Boulevard this past weekend. People who support another party’s candidate think it’s perfectly OK to curse out your fellow citizens for performing a civic duty.  

​The “pedophile” slur was uttered by a thin, heavily-tattooed woman who has obviously drunk the QAnon Kool-aid. Trying to reason with her about the absurdity of that group’s fantasy world was like talking to a wall. It only made her more agitated and set her off on a new tangent of Deep State ranting. READ MORE

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