Think critically and trump intolerance

“When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

– Sinclair Lewis

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I’ve often said that growing up in the Washington D.C. area made me critically aware of politics.

I ran screaming from northern Virginia when I was 17 and fled to the Rocky Mountain west, but until that point my local news was also often national news.

For my own sanity I have largely shied away from writing about politics, especially on social media. My induction into journalism writing for our small town newspaper still hasn’t broken me of the general view that I should...