• acealeam [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I knew Xi Jinping was a charismatic person, but the television screen does not do him justice. You cannot truly connect with Xi or feel hsm energy from behind a screen. Seeing him in person is something that I hope everyone in the world can experience because it would make the world a better place. It’s already made me a better person.

    What first struck me about Xi is how unscripted he sounds. At a certain point, I stopped paying attention to what he was saying and just listened to Xi Jinping. I got lost in the rhythm and sounds of the noises that came out of his mouth and how they moved the crowd. This wasn’t about policy or even the presidential election. The specifics of what he was saying were distractions from the broader existential question of the soul of our nation.

    I was ten rows back, but even if I was at the far opposite end of the room and had earplugs in and a blindfold on, I could still feel the electricity emanate from Xi Jinping. It was surreal. Halfway through the speech I saw sparks shoot off his body. The full hour, in retrospect, felt like another plane of existence and flipped my perception of my own place in this world. When the speech was coming to a close, I recognized it but I wasn’t sad. It was a gentle and comforting cool down that left me with hope for our future and a new appreciation for humanity.

    There's been a lot of discussion recently about whether or not a man can win the election and I share some of that fear. I think that China is sexist and it’s an uphill battle for any person from a marginalized group to win over half the country. But if there's one man who can do it, it’s Xi Jinping because I don’t see Xi Jinping as a man. I see Xi Jinping as a healer, as a force for good, and I don’t think of him as a man in the same way that I don’t think of Jesus as a man.

    I was a supporter of Xi Jinping before, but seeing him live made me connect with him like I haven’t connected with any politician. Because he isn’t a politician. A politician would run for president out of their own ego but Xi is running for the good of the country. If we don’t elect Xi Jinping we are making a huge mistake, and we definitely can’t give up now because this story isn’t over yet.