But also, and this speaks to the sort of clarity of thinking that’s really needed in this grim political moment, there’s a difference between expressing despair because you’re feeling despair and want solidarity in its expression and viewing despair, in all contexts, as more sophisticated than hope.

you may have seen-- www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...

I think that's a sad commentary on our culture, but also a weirdly accurate one.