Pete

Because to your point, if all I know about you is that you're some random account on Twitter or shitposting something I really care about, then I'm going to assume you're an asshole. Yeah. But if I know you, and then we discover that we view these things in different ways, we're away from the keyboards, right? Then it's a completely different conversation.

And I really worry, and sometimes this is coded as a conservative worry, but I think liberals should be just as worried about it, about things like neighborhoods and faith communities and other sources of belonging and meaning that overlap the different political commitments that we have.

And I really worry, and sometimes this is coded as a conservative worry, but I think liberals should be just as worried about it, about things like neighborhoods and faith communities and other sources of belonging and meaning that overlap the different political commitments that we have.

And I really worry, and sometimes this is coded as a conservative worry, but I think liberals should be just as worried about it, about things like neighborhoods and faith communities and other sources of belonging and meaning that overlap the different political commitments that we have.

Because it's in those spaces. I mean, again, I think back to the military. Like, if I was getting in a vehicle to go outside the wire, like, the other people getting in the vehicle with me definitely did not care if I was a Republican or a Democrat or, like, what country my dad immigrated from or if I was going home to a girlfriend.

Because it's in those spaces. I mean, again, I think back to the military. Like, if I was getting in a vehicle to go outside the wire, like, the other people getting in the vehicle with me definitely did not care if I was a Republican or a Democrat or, like, what country my dad immigrated from or if I was going home to a girlfriend.

Because it's in those spaces. I mean, again, I think back to the military. Like, if I was getting in a vehicle to go outside the wire, like, the other people getting in the vehicle with me definitely did not care if I was a Republican or a Democrat or, like, what country my dad immigrated from or if I was going home to a girlfriend.

Yeah. I'm really excited for the next hour.

Yeah. I'm really excited for the next hour.

Yeah. I'm really excited for the next hour.

Like all they wanted to know, obviously it was that they could trust me to do my job. Same thing, you know, vice versa. Cause we're trusting each other with our lives. Every time we went outside the wire. Yeah. And to be clear, I was not into like a combat or maneuver. You know, my job is just to like drive them safely to where they needed to go. But that, that could be scary. That does have risk.

Like all they wanted to know, obviously it was that they could trust me to do my job. Same thing, you know, vice versa. Cause we're trusting each other with our lives. Every time we went outside the wire. Yeah. And to be clear, I was not into like a combat or maneuver. You know, my job is just to like drive them safely to where they needed to go. But that, that could be scary. That does have risk.

Like all they wanted to know, obviously it was that they could trust me to do my job. Same thing, you know, vice versa. Cause we're trusting each other with our lives. Every time we went outside the wire. Yeah. And to be clear, I was not into like a combat or maneuver. You know, my job is just to like drive them safely to where they needed to go. But that, that could be scary. That does have risk.

Um, and, uh, Not that everybody should be in the military, but everybody should be in environments where you know people as people first. We start this way. We grew up, families are like this. Sports a lot of times. Team sports is like this. I agree with you a million percent. You know how somebody handles themselves in a tough situation and then you find out how each of you comes at something.

Um, and, uh, Not that everybody should be in the military, but everybody should be in environments where you know people as people first. We start this way. We grew up, families are like this. Sports a lot of times. Team sports is like this. I agree with you a million percent. You know how somebody handles themselves in a tough situation and then you find out how each of you comes at something.

Um, and, uh, Not that everybody should be in the military, but everybody should be in environments where you know people as people first. We start this way. We grew up, families are like this. Sports a lot of times. Team sports is like this. I agree with you a million percent. You know how somebody handles themselves in a tough situation and then you find out how each of you comes at something.

That's just such a more honest and human and ultimately respectful and decent process of encounter.

That's just such a more honest and human and ultimately respectful and decent process of encounter.

That's just such a more honest and human and ultimately respectful and decent process of encounter.

Yeah. And some of them, like, I got to tell you, like when I got to my unit and by then, like I wasn't out, but I like knew that I was gay, obviously.