WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN If you've ever stayed inside something longer than you should have, a church, a community, a political tribe, because the cost of leaving felt too high, this essay names that experience without judgment. It doesn't ask you to leave anything. It asks you to look honestly at why you walked in, and what that tells you about the person standing across from you who hasn't left yet. Written from a life of successive departures, it's the most quietly political thing on this page, and it never mentions a party once.
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