You Don’t Have to ‘Be Nice’ No Matter What Happens

There’s a reason you wince at posts that try to tie up this election with a neat little bow

Amy Estes
Forge
Published in
2 min readNov 3, 2020

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Person riding bicycle with “VOTE” banner on it.
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On social media, I’ve been seeing posts saying that we should be kind to each other because no matter who wins, “we are all still neighbors.”

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Amy Estes
Forge
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Queer writer (@mcsweeneys @HuffPo + elsewhere), educator and dog mom.