We Were Wrong About America

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Nov 11, 2024 · 5m

The results of the presidential election have force-fed many of us the most bitter of pills: we were wrong about America.

The fact that the results weren’t even close despite Trump’s campaign formed almost exclusively of xenophobia, misogyny, and white nationalism, is confirmation that a substantial portion of this nation is no longer accessible by reason or data or empathy.

Numbed by a cocktail of optimism, ignorance, and wishful thinking, many of us imagined that the previous two elections were somehow momentary aberrations; temporary glitches in the system that would surely be remedied…