I'm in my echo chamber era

(join me if these words resonate with you)

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I wrote a post last week on IG about how I blame white evangelical Christians for where we’re at today.

A bunch of people shared it, ushering in a bunch of trolls, a bunch of awesome new folks, and a handful of people who said I needed to stop living in an echo chamber and sit down and dialogue with white evangelical Christians instead of bashing them. That I was playing into Trump’s hands by causing division.

I explained to some folks that I had been an evangelical Christian for almost 40 years. I engaged with a few good faith comments. And I blocked a bunch of people, including the ones who said “you’re probably going to delete this comment” (after I took a screenshot).

But I’ve been thinking a lot about echo chambers and why, yeah, they can be unhealthy. But in this case, I’ve been freaking dialoguing with people about this shit for over a decade now and I’m not going to do it anymore.

So I wrote this:

Why “you just want to live in an echo chamber” isn’t the insult some people think it is:

They call it “an echo chamber.” I call it “finding my people.”

I know what I care about, what I value, and what I’m against. If we disagree on these fundamental things, you’re not my people.

It’s so weird to me when people expect me to spend my valuable time and energy arguing with people who don’t share my core values.

Why would I do that?

At this point, I’m not wasting my breath trying to persuade ANYONE who supports this administration that they’re on the side of evil. (okay, except my parents)

I’ve done my time “dialoguing” with people who perpetually insist on ignorance, hate and/or harm.

WE ARE PAST THAT, my friends.

Other people might still have patience for those folks, but mine is gone.

Now is the time to gather all the people who ALREADY CARE about justice and equality and basic human decency and make a plan for overthrowing fascism and protecting our neighbors from harm.

If you’re on the side of the Trump/Vance administration and ICE and billionaires and liars and pedophiles and their enablers?

We don’t even need you. There are enough of us on the right side of history to fight evil without your help.

And also? Allow me to word nerd for a minute. Two words for you:

ECHO: a sound repeated, reverberated, or reflected back to the listener

RESONATE: produce or be filled with a deep, full, reverberating sound

RESONATE can also mean: evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions; meet with someone’s agreement

So weird how it’s fine for me to say “I hope my words resonate with you” but creating a space where my words can resonate is derisively called “an echo chamber.”

If my words resonate with you, you’re my people. Welcome to the echo chamber. Or, if you prefer, the resonance room.

And also? FUCK ICE and RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES