It seems like you’re being deliberately obtuse about this. I’m not great at spotting trolls so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Do you really not know? I can’t speak directly for ARay, but...

“Edward Majerczyk is by all accounts an intensely private person”.

Jenkins and his husband eventually raised $440,000 via crowdfunding and moved to the “Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary,” a 50-acre farm with 40 other animals

No need for spin. I think you’re doing just fine all by yourself.

Thanks for bringing some nuance to this. It’s so necessary and in seemingly short supply.

You say my tone sounds harsh to you. I was explaining clearly how intersectionality works. The thrust of my comment is direct, not angry. If you read coldness in my tone it’s because I am tired of saying the same things over and over and I didn’t take time to pad out the more uncomfortable truths. I hope that you…

I’m just telling myself they haven’t read my replies to other 80 people saying the same damn thing. It is strange to me that anyone thinks they’re being asked to go turn a Trump voter around.

Whoa, If you think that those two things are in any way equivalent I’m not sure what to say to you other than to swear. The sign’s message is aggressive if you choose to receive it that way. You could just as easily read it as a plea for action than as an accusation. That’s on you.

Right, seems like quite a few folks came away with the impression that I was saying they should change the minds of white ladies who voted for Trump, so I must have expressed myself poorly. I was asking other white women to work to mobilize the white women they knew who were not politically active yet.

Because it’s not 53% of white women, it’s 53% of the white women who voted. Less than half the number of eligible women voters showed up to vote. There are TWICE as many white women out there who didn’t vote than who voted for Trump, and I would love to help get them to vote. I’m not pretending they’re all…

I’ll keep this brief because I covered this at length in my other replies- but I wasn’t hoping that we’d go out and shift the thinking of an unapologetic Trump voter. My (maybe poorly expressed) point was to reach out the the women who either didn’t vote for Trump or didn’t vote at all and try to encourage political…

Changing someone else’s mind about racism is very difficult, but organizing people who are not generally politically active is much easier. Are you familiar with the Helm’s White Racial Identity Model? I have found it really helpful in thinking about where my white friends are on the progression rather than just…

I wasn’t talking about changing the minds of Trump supporters. I explicitly said that white women likely know “some [other] white women who are not politically active” These are the folks to rally.

I’m a teacher too, and nowhere in my post did I say that anyone should speak for all white women. If a person is white, generally they have an affiliate group of white people around them. If there are people in this group that a white person can “turn” toward activism, they should work to do that.

Please ask yourself why this brought up so much hurt and anger, and you might gain some insight into why it’s so important NOT to get defensive. It’s not “pointing false blame” at you, so it’s not worth centering the discussion on you.

Thank you for this. The photo and the interview are both brilliant. I am encountering so many white ladies who can’t get past their own hurt feelings that someone expressed less than 100% enthusiasm for their participation. As much as I’d like to rip into them, I’m trying to call them IN to actual intersectional…

Lady Elaine Fairchilde, without the benefit of the guidance of the other residents of the Neighborhood of Make Believe = Kellyanne Conaway

You’re responding to an argument that no one is making.