Austin Metcalf's twin brother stood motionless staring into the camera during the entire press conference tonight
I vote we give him 5 minutes alone in the cell with Karmelo Anthony
Hey Jasmine…
Black pilot here.
I think you missed the plot.
Then again, that’s becoming a pattern.
I graduated from West Point.
I went through Army flight school.
I learned to fly the AH-64 Apache.
I deployed to combat and flew 55 combat missions over Baghdad.
Nobody handed me a cockpit because of my skin color.
Nobody lowered the standards for me.
Nobody looked at me and said, “Let’s check a diversity box.”
That’s what people like you don’t seem to understand.
Suggesting that Black pilots, Black engineers, Black doctors, or Black leaders need special preferences to succeed is not empowering, it’s insulting.
I didn’t want a different standard.
I wanted the same standard.
And when you’re flying into combat, the American people don’t care what race the pilot is.
They care whether the pilot is qualified.
Merit isn’t racist.
Excellence isn’t discriminatory.
And reducing every achievement to skin color says far more about your worldview than it does about mine.
This is so devastating. Imagine being a black parent tonight. How do you protect your children? If they go out and stab just one person, they might go to prison. It’s like a black man in America can’t even murder anyone anymore. Unimaginable. Jim Crow all over again. I’m furious.
Son feministas hasta que Bad Bunny les baila pegado.
Son socialistas hasta que descubren lo cómoda que es volar en primera clase.
Son ecologistas hasta que toca un fin de semana en yate o un vuelo a las Maldivas.
Son tolerantes hasta que se enteran de que votas a la derecha.
Son pacifistas hasta que alguien discrepa de ellos.
Son partidarios de la libertad de expresión hasta que escuchan algo que no les gusta.
Son antielitistas hasta que los invitan a un reservado VIP.
Son ciudadanos del mundo hasta que les toca tenerlos de vecino.
Son partidarios de repartir la riqueza hasta que les toca repartir la suya.
@SalimForVA You're an unconstitutional scum, gtfo of our country. And you're more than welcome to come get these guns
- sincerely,
A real naturalized-citizen
Today, we remember a legend.
On this day in history, Harambe would have celebrated another birthday. An icon that became part of internet history, American culture, and an entire generation’s timeline.
Tomorrow marks 10 years since we lost him. Ten years since the moment the world stopped scrolling and collectively mourned something bigger than a meme.
He became a symbol of loyalty, strength, chaos, unity, and the strange beauty of the internet bringing millions of people together for one cause: never forgetting Harambe.
Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news. And somehow, a decade later, his legacy still lives on.
Gone, but never forgotten.
Rest easy to a true patriot. 🕊️🇺🇸
May 27, 1999 — May 28, 2016
Forever in our hearts.