Remember how *checks notes* last year we sent every parent money for their kids every month and halved child poverty and then it went away and literally nobody talks about it, it's like it never actually happened.
Lissen.
I was born in nineteen 82.
EIGHTY. TWO.
If you call me on a *Wednesday* at EIGHT OH ONE PEE EMMM to “make plans”, you are making plans with me for THURSDAY.
I’m a gun owner. Do not tell me our Founders conceived of this carnage when they wrote the Constitution. Do not tell me they would have tolerated this madness. Do not tell me that teachers must be armed. And do not tell me your AR15 is worth more than another 14 children’s lives.
@LilahSturges My oldest talks about his “old, old dad” who he calls Tejo. He has told detailed stories about his life with him and how he died in a river.
There is this dynamic I describe as "the white people chairs problem."
If that phrase already has your back up, maybe take a deep breath and come back later and consider reading some replies before you add to them.
The rest of you, buckle up. We're doing this thread.