Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
Growing older has made me less interested in proving that I can tolerate everything. Endurance is useful, but so is knowing when something no longer deserves your energy.
Everyone wants *their* child to go to a good school but nobody wants to do the hard work of making sure that *every* child goes to a good school. You cannot be a champion for education and be against public education. We are the public.
- reads from teleprompter
- immediately starts with October 7th
- still won’t call it a genocide
- says he doesn’t know enough about what’s happening
- makes no apology to Macklemore or addresses dropping him from the tour
- doesn’t mention where his donation will be going to
- doesn’t encourage anyone to donate
- won’t say Israel is the reason Gaza is suffering
- won’t say free Palestine
- only cries when he sees people showed up to the concert because that’s what he cares more about.
Fuck him.
With the knowledge I have as an adult I can 100% say that the way history is taught in American public schools is near complete fan fiction. I used to think it was just that they lied about black history but they lie about…. Everything…in very deliberate ways.
7 frat boys at Cornell drugged a young student and raped her.
They sent text messages to other men that she was “free” and they could come join in.
Their punishment?
Writing essays to Cornell.
Arrest & prosecute every one of them and fire whoever doled out the “discipline”
I view consideration as the highest form of love, because it requires empathy, thinking about another person's experience and allowing that awareness to influence how you show up for them.