When people ask why we think we’re smarter…

Simple discernment and paying attention can tell you all you need to know about a person’s character. You tune out what they are saying (programming you to believe what they want you to believe) and watch what they do, what they say in between the lines of propaganda, how they treat people (who they treat well and who they treat poorly), and their track record. You use their track record to decide what their intentions are and ignore what comes out of their mouths. And you decide based on their character, not their platform, if you trust them. If you had to have one of them babysit your child, who’d you choose? You know? That kind of thinking.

I hate that although I’ve stepped away from this topic, it still is on my mind. It’s on my mind because I am still making peace with the losses. I value quality over quantity. I can’t rock with people who I’m not aligned with. I believe in that phrase about people being in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. The older I get, the more I realize that not everyone makes it for that lifetime… at least not with how I navigate life.

Some people feel that you should not end relationships over values conflicts. 🤔 Well, if your values change my opinion of you as a person, hell the f*ck yeah that matters and yes I will drop you from my inner circle. Judas and Jesus had values conflicts and you see how that ended….

If you align yourself with people who OPENLY express viewpoints that contradict everything I stand for, you wrote your own exit ticket. If you align yourself with people who encourage others toward hate rather than love, when love is the center of all I do (except when I’m in anxiety, but I’m working on that), we clearly are not aligned. If you believe that your beliefs, priorities, and values are superior to all others and that others should be legally bound to follow what you believe, you’re an ignorant dumbass with such a limited world view that I don’t even know how we’re still friends. I used to be one, but then I GREW UP AND REALIZED THAT THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN MY CIRCLE AND PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND BELIEVE AS THEY DO AND IT’S NONE OF MY F*CKING BUSINESS. Having those EXTREMIST beliefs makes you no better than the ones that flew into the twin towers. I. Said. What. I. Said.

I can’t rock with you when you’re not only that ignorant, but you stand by it proudly. You look at me and see a human, maybe even an exception to your rules, but don’t realize there are millions of others with their own reasons and values and loved ones that if you knew them and heard their stories, you’d feel compassion toward them, too. You’re so committed to your rules and beliefs that you will cling to them no matter what sh*t covered platter they’re served on, no matter who serves them to you, and regardless of all that comes along with it. You claim to follow haysoos, but don’t remember that he was always the one choosing love over religion and the strict rules of the church. You missed his whole message and became the very ones he opposed. You’re a modern day
“Pharisee” worshipping the antichrist thinking you’re on the right side. You don’t even see it, but we do, and we tried, because we actually have discernment.

The f*cked up part, is that I cried out. I gave so much information to wake you up, so you could see that you were following a wolf, but you what I said did not matter because you were locked in. And honestly, that’s the part that is ensuring your position on the other side of the glass. It wasn’t an… wow…. I was about to say it wasn’t an ignorant choice. And I realize, that’s actually true. I’ve been trying to make it right and give you a pass of ignorance (because it hurts too much to believe you chose knowing how it impacts me and those I love and support), but I now accept, you weren’t ignorant. I told you. All around you people have been sharing facts. You heard things with your own ears and saw things that you hopefully don’t agree with and still moved forward.

So…. I guess I wrote all this to come to the conclusion that I don’t owe you a position in my life, because you didn’t think twice about throwing us to the wolves. I don’t do enemies in my camp. It was good while it lasted. I still love you, but you’ll stay on the other side of that glass.

Blessings,

Marlene Dillon Empowerment Specialist

Short version: you can’t align against everything I stand for and still be close to me. This is why so many relationships have ended over this election. This was bigger than politics. This was a decision on aligning with love or hate, equality or supremacy, intelligence or ignorance. And we all made our choices.

*This post was inspired by the results of the 2024 US presidential election.

Another great blog post that shares my stance on values-based alignment is Bully Adjacent. Tap here to check it out.

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