dear black gay man, you can be masculine and gentle. strong and still need to be held. a provider who also gets provided for. you don't have to pick one half of yourself to be lovable.
all of you is invited.
Old, proud, sabatoged by men who couldn't build her replacement, could have been preserved for posterity but there was insufficient will, still went down slowly but leaves nothing behind.
There are metaphors everywhere for those with eyes to see. SS United States, indeed.
Some fun trivia. This will make the SS United States the largest passenger ship on the ocean floor. A title currently held by Titanic's sister ship, Britannic
Gibbs is smiling in his grave, knowing he designed such a resilient ship.
Mind you, this ship has been rusting in a Philadelphia dock for 30 years, yet it's still this strong.
Not to mention, she's also fireproof, since Gibbs was afraid of a ship catching on fire after Normandie.
There's a lot of people in my comments today who believe it completely unacceptable to be sad for our flagship, using every excuse to justify why it's irrational to care.
Let me make something clear:
The tragedy of the United States isn't a tragedy because of sunken steel. It's a tragedy because within our Republic, there exists a fatal disease.
The spirit of the American man is slowly fading into history- the frontiersman, the explorer, the industrialist... and most importantly- the citizen.
What were once citizens have become consumers. Men and women today exist ignorant to the turning wheel of time and exist in the endless cycle of distraction, merely existing as if it were the end of history. In their distraction, recognize the value of the shoulders we stand on, and the burning need to build a greater republic for our children.
Fewer and fewer are even having children.
A nation is its people, and those people are immortalized through the legacy of their works. To deny this is to deny ourselves a nation.
As fewer men endeavor to preserve and continue the unbroken chain of the great American works, the wheel of time will continue to turn, and with it, the distracted American risks being left in history.
We do not save this nation by justifying why we should not care. We do not save this nation by winning arguments on the internet.
We save this nation by preserving the evidence of our achievements, and achieving even more for our children.
That is our solemn obligation as American citizens.
She may be gone but her record still stands: 3 days, 12 hours, 12 min. Fastest ever Atlantic crossing by a liner. Top speed clocked at 38.32 knots (over 44 mph).
They said it could take 45 minutes. She held on for hours. A ship built to survive, fighting until her very last breath. She deserved so much more than the ending we gave her. Rest easy, SS United States. #SSUnitedStates
If a black man can win the Mississippi senate, a black woman can win Georgia Governor and a black woman can be Vice President
A BLACK WOMAN CAN BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!