On schism and the whole hating-Bush-and-his-voters context thing

Okay.

I don't know if this will be the last thing I write about the election.

It is arguably the last thing I want to write about the election.

I'm not sure I wanted to write it, but I can see pieces of what's out there, and there were people who were hurt and wondering about the hate-reactions that this election produced, and I can see something, a chunk of it, and so I offered to say something.

I am saying "we" in places here, because if I have to accept a categorisation politically, I am a part of the American left. I am not trying to speak for the entire American left here, just the parts that I know the insides of and the stuff I can see from here. There is stuff I'm missing, I don't know the motivations of everyone out there. But I know why I might be in certain places, and I'm trying to write from that.

I have considered turning off comments to this post, because I'm exposing some sensitive stuff in my own psyche in here, and I don't want to talk about it. I offered to write it, and I wrote it, and it's done, and I'm posting it, but I'm not interested in having my atavisms poked. I decided against, because I figured I'd rather trust that people won't try to start a pissing match with me, for a little while, just in case it's worth hoping.

( Cut for politics for those people who are burned out. Also, long. )