“Some tales that are told are not always what was but what we wish them to be. But sometimes, they are simply the truth. We are the proof that their actions have not been in vain. Remember this, and carry it close. For as we remember our history, our memories watch over us.”
@TheClaudiaBlack Here’s an idea: people who *willfully* vote for individuals like Philip Gunn should *automatically* be placed on the Sex Offenders Registry, and at the highest level there is. Both men AND women.
I love it when people tweet things like “obviously you didn’t pass 7th grade civics class”. Really? Bold of you to assume that I remember *anything* that I was forced to learn at 7:30 am over 25 years ago. Ffs, I can’t even remember where I left my hair brush this morning. 🙄
@nathaliejacoby1 I volunteered for years at my Catholic Church for the Vacation Bible School program in the summer. One of many things that contributed to my disgust was the “teachers” actively telling kids they would go to hell for fighting with their siblings.
@fred_guttenberg Questioning the “low gun death rate”. I lived in Western MA for 14 years, near Holyoke and Springfield. The papers and evening news *constantly* were filled with stories of shootings. Both cities also had high homicide rates for their size, so...questioning this statement.
Popping back on here solely for #NewAmsterdam. And I’d go for a drink with you Dr. Wilder, but I have to warn you that I’m a total lightweight! 😁 @sandy21mae
Ok, so I found out today that on the day after the Virginia Beach shooting (last year??), someone had written on a bathroom wall in the Visitor Center “VA Beach was first, you’re next.” Even VC employees didn’t know about it until 4 days later.
@undispjuted @SocratesSnow @dinachka82 Teachers, who tried to intervene, were injured. One teacher received a broken nose, the other a busted cheekbone. The ‘children’ involved: two 12 year-old girls. And this was *not* an inner-city school, just a regular local middle school. 2/2
@undispjuted @SocratesSnow @dinachka82 Don’t like the term ‘abusive’? How about ‘violent’ instead? 20 years ago, my mom was a sub at a middle school, and she witnessed countless fights between students. She was there the day the police were called because a fight between two ‘children’ got so crazy that two 1/2
@autist333 Not autistic but I have this strange aversion to stray hairs on clothes; it just looks...weird and it really bothers me. I don’t understand this at ALL.