If we throw everyone away when they fall short, who’s left to fight? How do you differentiate violence and danger versus ignorance? Are they always one and the same? How do people get the space to grow past #problematic if you say “Fuck you” at the first sign of trouble?
It’s ridiculous to expect that someone that was called to activism because of a great loss has a perfectly intersectional analysis of gender, race, etc. Also ridiculous that you’d chose the day of her death to castigate her for not being perfectly hashtag woke.
Kat Creech, a wedding planner in Houston, turned a postponed wedding into a volunteer opportunity for Hurricane Harvey victims. Thirty wedding guests became an organization of hundreds of volunteers. That’s a story from 2017. https://t.co/yxhjwkr5Se
As we count down to the new year, we get to reflect and prepare for what’s ahead. For all the bad news that seemed to dominate our collective consciousness, there are countless stories from this year that remind us what's best about America.
ME: Joe, about halfway through the speech, I’m gonna wish you a happy birth--
BIDEN: IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!
ME: Joe.
Happy birthday to @JoeBiden, my brother and the best vice president anybody could have.