“Honestly, I feel like nothing I say can help the conversation,” she says. “It’s been turning into a wildfire, and nothing I can say will take it back to the correct track.”
The conversation, which Sweeney described as people turning a family gathering into an “absurd political statement,” spread quickly. First, as it has been known to do, the internet churned the moment through the meme factory, photoshopping MAGA hats on hercharacter Cassie and started referencing back to the January 6th insurrection.
For Sweeney, the area where she grew up – Spokane County in Washington – is still home to many of her friends and family members. The country voted for Trump by clear margins in both 2016 and 2020.“But then, in this industry, my home and the place that grounds me is so vastly different to how people live there. I’m in this in-between place where I feel like neither side understands me.”
I don’t like trump either but my goodness we are in a sad sad world that this is a “thing”. I fear the elections this week will only push both edges of the political spectrum into further intolerance.