Dear K-
I sympathize with your despair at the nation's current state. I haven't felt truly American for a long time, mostly because I never really felt quite right here, never really totally at ease, at least in the same way I seemed to instantly click with Czech culture. Since then I've always pushed a bit against the "American way", and by that I mean the stereotypical American that you see on desperate television series like The Bachelor or MTV reality shows: ignorant, unhealthy, and usually a bit culturally insensitive. That being said, I still have to admit to my birth place and write on paper documents of importance my place of origin. I am American. That is a fact. Now, it brings me more shame than ever. I am embarrassed to discuss politics, in private and in public. It makes me feel sick. It makes me feel hopeless. It makes me shake my head slowly back and forth while staring at something infinitely far away, out of focus, and struggling to find any words at all.
Just trying to get through it the only way I know how,
-k
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