Tag: Charlottesville

I knew that groups like the demonstration in Charlottesville, VA, still existed, but the blatant — even proud — demonstration jolted me. What made it worse was that while expressing my disappointment and hurt to those I had recently welcomed into my ‘inner circle,’ they downplayed, challenged and even downright dismissed my frustration. Eventually I realized that I had fallen prey to a vicious cycle of emotional turbulence.