Politics of hypocrisy: Stop telling me about your humanity as you cancel people

Don't tell me how much you care about people who've been marginalized, dehumanized or disenfranchised. Don't tell me how much you care about the people whose voices aren't heard. Don't tell me how much you hate, hate. 

Don't tell me about all the moral high ground you own.
The plain truth is that you don't care, otherwise your ideals would at least be consistent. Your desire for unity and understanding rings hollow. It appears you either lost or never had the ability to self-evaluate. You're not nearly as compassionate as you think. 

You marginalize.

You demonize. 

You mock.

You bully, intimidate and threaten to blacklist.

You cancel. 

You are, essentially, all that you hate in Donald Trump. 

But here's the thing: my thoughts here have nothing to do with Trump, outside of the fact that more than 70 million people voted for him. My thoughts are with those now vilified for making the best choice for themselves and their families.

It doesn't make any sense. 

How do you simply dismiss 70 million Americans whose views differ from yours? How do you make broad, sweeping generalizations (just a bunch of redneck racists ... Nazis) about all those people? People you don't really know.

How do you do that when your timeline is full of memes and posts about how black lives matter (which they do) and that Americans ought to care more about immigrants (which we should)? You post about lives mattering and the need for compassion and understanding, then trivialize millions of people with one broad brushstroke. 

Now here is the part where you respond with a list of Trump's failings. Now here is where you make claims of racism or xenophobia or stupidity.

Here is where so many of you respond with talking points. 

But I'm not looking for anything that starts with "Yeah, but ... " or "What about Trump, he ..."
At this point, I'm not interested in what you stand against; about what you hate. I'm interested in what you stand for; what you love. 
Tell me what you’re rooting for? What’s worth fighting for.
What are your hopes? What are your ideals? 

If those beliefs and ideals involve caring for or protecting the voiceless, the marginalized and the disenfranchised, it’s time to find a way to work with — and not simply cancel — the 70 million-plus human beings who saw things differently.