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An Open Letter to Middle Aged Liberal Men on Medium.
I don’t really read my comments much anymore, and here’s why.
I have been writing on Medium now for just over two years, beginning in the early days of the 2020 Democratic primary. After my very first article was curated and drew a wide range of responses from people who read it, I decided it was something I wanted to do on a more regular basis, but never did I imagine it would turn into a still small but steadily growing blog with regular readers. After a couple of months though, I quickly learned for the sake of my own sanity, not to check my comments. On the rare occasions that I do I’m quickly reminded of why I don’t, and it has to do with a certain niche of people on Medium who have made it particularly unpleasant.
I almost decided not to write this. Of course there are much more important things to write about and my time would be much better spent addressing the substantive issues that affect the day to day lives of average Americans all across the country. But as time has gone on certain things have been continuing to eat at my conscience and I feel compelled to address them at least once.
First, I should begin by saying I do not mind disagreement at all.
