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Where Do We Go From Here?

This May Be a Loaded Question

Heidy De La Cruz
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This past week, all I’ve seen online is talk about the election results and how people are feeling. I’ve said many times that I follow and have friends on both sides of the political spectrum, so I’m seeing things from both sides-those who are rejoicing in the victory and those who are grieving and angry at the results.

Of course, because of the results, I had many thoughts and feelings of my own, and I wanted time to gather them before I said anything in my newsletter. And then I thought, would it even be worth sharing my thoughts? Funny enough, my newsletter is called “Into My Thoughts,” but with so many people sharing their opinions, I feel that my thoughts don’t matter.

If you follow me on Threads, you know that I’ve shared some thoughts there and responded to others’ posts about the election, even blocking one person. But two things I’m seeing come up from both sides: we genuinely live in echo chambers.

Here is a post I shared on Facebook last week:

Seeing comments, posts, memes, and all the talks going on through all these social media platforms from both sides, people really do live in echo chambers. Obviously, it’s people’s comfort zone; that is human nature. But I believe we’ve gotten to a point where everyone’s beliefs need to be

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