I can sum it up in one word. Compassion. You have it, Trump does not. 

I recall you talking about 9/11 before. Basically, reading your comments about it, I could tell you felt quite a bit for your fellow human beings that day. On that day, in all the horror and tragedy, we were all Americans, we all stood together and we all had each other's back. Our NATO allies, Europe, people all over the world stood with us. We were more than a country or a flag, or an idea. We were more than our political affiliations and we were more than a bunch of petty arguments over taxes and drag queens, and whatever the fuck woke is. We were human beings and we reached out to one another because it was naturally there in our hearts that we should. We felt that. I know you felt that. Hell, Mick was probably in tears for us that day. 

I would have hugged you, you would have hugged me, I would have pulled you from the rubble, David would have pulled you from the rubble, you would have pulled us from the rubble. I get the sense that is true about you. 

I give you a great deal of credit when you come here and actually have a back and forth with us. Even if we are not on the same page. I think to talk, to have the conversation, in an honest manner, even if we are not agreeing takes some courage and it indicates that you are willing to listen. That you are willing to have your thoughts challenged and to discuss. It seems to say to me that there is a door open there. You have not closed it, to shut out what someone else is saying. 

This is the place I am trying to reach with you, Marc. That place where we can have the talk, the discussion, where there is a feeling of...well...what we all felt on 9/11. We are in this together. I know it is not easy to get there but because you are here, I think this means somewhere in your heart you do hear me. 

I say all that because one of the reasons I know people get angry with Trump supporters is they put Trump's traits on the people that support him. I can say though, that many Trump supporters do actually have the ability to feel compassion for their fellow human beings. I know it is there, even when they are spewing things I could never agree with. 

Your 9/11 story is what makes me think about this. That you were still Marc and I was still Reg and David was still David and Dan was Dan and Mick was Mick on that day...and we like millions of others felt for each other and in that moment, we all would have been there for our fellow human beings. 

We would not have screamed at a person in the rubble before we pulled them out "Are you woke? Are you a drag queen? What's your take on same sex marriage? I'm only going to help you if you agree with me on immigration!" 

Nope, we would have, all of us, each and every one, reached into the rubble and pulled that person out and we would have cradled them in our arms and told them we would help. They are not alone. As much anger and fury that we can feel toward others, we also can suddenly become the best of what we are in those moments. 

We can. You can, I can, everybody here can, Trump voter, Biden voter, don't give a shit about voting person. We all seem to have that in us. 

But you know who doesn't have that in them, who does not feel that, who would not have reached into the rubble to pull you out, or me out, or anybody here out? 

You know who has no empathy, no feelings toward his fellow human beings? How about a guy on 9/11 that when you were down there on the street, and police and firemen, and people were trying to help their fellow human beings, was absolutely giddy and excited about what had happened. Was thrilled to see it and was not thinking about helping anyone, he was reveling in the suffering and tragedy and horror because...well...he thought it benefitted him. What would you think about a guy like that?

I am thinking, Marc, that like me, you would feel absolute disgust for this person. That you would see that person as one of the most horrible people on the planet. A person that was reveling and bragging about their gain, how this tragedy was good for them, and not caring at all about what was happening to the victims, the city, the country. He felt only excitement for himself and that this was good for him.  

And horror of horrors, he went on TV and actually said it, live while it was going on, while you were down there on the street with police and firemen who were fully willing to risk their lives in this moment. Regular people, construction workers, taxi drivers, coffee shop workers, office workers...they all were willing to dive in and lend a hand. To help, and they felt the horror and tragedy. 

But Marc, Donald Trump only felt joy, that he now had the tallest building in the city. I've always thought Trump truly represents the worst humanity has to offer. A true monster. And I am thinking, you, a person that did feel for his fellow human beings that day, I think, in my heart, you would agree with me. 

There really is no amount of bad shit that can happen to this guy that I would ever say is enough. He is truly just one of the most disgusting lowlifes I have ever had the misfortune to discover in my life. 

So, really, when people get upset at you for saying things in support of Donald Trump, know this, it is not you, it is him.