As I watched this video, I knew I needed to write a comment that might help ease her obvious pain. In doing so, it helped me understand the need that many of us have had to share our despair in the era of trump. Unlike his supporters, we don’t cry over being denied a Frappucino … [Read more…]
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. It was one of the happiest and most memorable moments of my life. Unfortunately, the happiness was short-lived. That same night, CA Proposition 8 – eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry as a CA constitutional amendment – passed … [Read more…]
Is it ever okay to wish someone harm? Is it ever okay to wish death on someone? These questions are being asked by many in the wake of the president’s recent COVID-19 diagnosis. Let me be clear. Though I genuinely hate him and all of the others around him who have been infected, I don’t … [Read more…]
I gained a bit of insight yesterday that has left me questioning the country I love, and my place in it. Up to now, my working theory about trump supporters has been twofold. Either they are ignorant racists like him, or they are willfully ignorant/apathetic to his affronts on our Democracy and fellow Americans. Their … [Read more…]
[Disclaimer: This post is neither agreeable or conciliatory. If you’re a Trump voter, Trump sympathizer, or GOP voter who stuck your head in the sand, you may want to go elsewhere.] A few weeks ago, I posted ‘I Want an Honest Discussion with a Trump Voter!‘ with the sincere hope that such a discussion would … [Read more…]
A few thoughts swirled in my head as our nation celebrated the life of this great Civil Rights icon while in preparation for the inauguration of the most divisive president-elect in my lifetime. (The term ‘bitter irony’ comes to mind.) The first, shared by many on Twitter as well, was that there’s no way on God’s green Earth … [Read more…]