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Enough!

January 11, 2021

Tracy Fitzsimmons, President, Shenandoah University writes: The weakness is not in our democracy, but in the hearts and minds of those who vandalized the Capitol, who ruthlessly attacked others and who interrupted democracy at work by threatening the lives of our legislators and the Capitol Police. We should all be reminded that the problem isn’t that one candidate lost, or that millions of people are disappointed that their candidate didn’t prevail. Democracy allows for loud disappointment -- even for sore losers. Their angry voices are welcome, their protests are permitted -- even when their opinions are counter to the opinions of those who are in power or about to assume it. Democracy requires some level of constant discomfort as we make room for a cacophony of voices and conflicting opinions.

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