Quotable – L.R. Knost
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At this point, there’s nothing to be gained by pretending that Trump isn’t a racist. Rather, the opposite: The willingness to deny Trump’s active, obvious and unsubtle racism suggests not just passive complicity in his racism, but an active participation in it. Trump’s folks in the White House yesterday suggested that his “shithole” comment would resonate with his base, which to be clear, is an explicit acknowledgement by the White House that it considers his base to be just as racist as Trump himself. If you consider yourself part of Trump’s base, you now get the chance to indicate whether or not you are as much of a racist as Trump.
And maybe you are! We do know that while not all Trump voters consider themselves racist, nearly everyone who considers themselves a racist voted for Trump. Maybe you’re one of the people who celebrates Trump’s clear and unambiguous racism. But if you don’t in fact consider yourself a confirmed and unapologetic racist, now is a fine time to make that clear. Even if you supported Trump before, it’s not too late to get off that rapidly-derailing train and to tuck-and-roll yourself clear of the continuing association with the man and his active racism.
A tree trunk throne in Kendall, England.
Doesn’t look safe for a mortal.
If you think I wouldn’t sit in this in a hot second you don’t know me at all.
As a response to the family thing, sometimes you just gotta take the time to ask if maintaining the relationship with them is worth it. Personally, I no longer keep contact with my parents because of things they did to me as a child/young adult, and because I'm aware that they won't apologize for those things. The only one of my immediate family I'm in touch with, I'm well aware to moderate. And over time I've just developed my own coping mechanisms, in order to protect myself.
This is entirely fair. Nobody has to maintain a toxic or hurtful relationship, just because you happen to share DNA with the person who hurts you.
In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was shot just before giving a speech. He began with: “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. Fortunately I had my manuscript- I was going to make a long speech- and there is where the bullet went through, and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best,” then talked for 90 minutes before he finally agreed to seek medical attention. Source Source 2
When politicians gave a damn!
