But it makes them UNCOMFORTABLE, and that’s what really matters: their fee-fees!

But even if the only effect is to convince some decent people to actually turn up and vote, that could be enough (unless it also convinces some racist shitbags to turn up and vote for Kemp).

Seen on my feed from some rando, equivocating: “ugh we have to decide between someone who is bad at math and someone who doesn’t respect basic human rights” as if those two things are remotely in the same ballpark. The hoops and gymnastics I have seen personal friends jump through so that they can keep being good…

Brian Kemp doesn’t do anything “comfortably.” He always looks like he’s trying to push out a rock-hard shit or a soft one just slipped out by accident.

According to the grays, we’re the bad people for pointing out that White people actively support White supremacy and White supremacists on a daily basis. How dare we hold them accountable for hundreds of years of active terrorism and oppression?!?

Of course he did and the majority of white people will continue to vote for this mashed turnip looking motherfucker whilst telling us we’re wrong for saying white people aren’t interested in taking down white supremacy.

Clearly, you should have had a destination wedding that actually meant you didn’t want these people to show up anyway.

Not psychoanalyzing me, just presuming that I think “family and social obligations are beneath me” and implying that i don’t understand the notion of our “social contract,” and alleging that based on a comment made in jest, I’m the kind of person designed to be disingenuously invited for the sake of civility.

Wow. This is a great article that I hope every parent... no, every person reads. Thanks for sharing this wisdom of kindness and civility, especially in our current climate. I needed this.

“Say, ‘Hey, how are you? What’s your name?’ That’s it. And see what happens. Jump in.”
Great article. Totally agree.

I’m amazed that Esprit is 15. I thought Trisomy-18 was fatal post birth?

Sorry about all the emotional labor you must endure, which I clearly know nothing about. Seems to give you extra powers though, like being able to psychoanalyze strangers on the internet. Must be nice.

What I would do is just not invite people to a wedding/party/event if I don’t want them there. I wouldn’t stage it in an inconvenient place just to avoid the confrontation. Seems like a lot of hoops to go through just to avoid having a conversation about why you’re putting boundaries on a relationship with someone you…

That’s a pretty passive-aggressive move. I feel like you should have a wedding where you want to have a wedding, not choose your destination as some backhanded attempt at social ranking.

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks “attending your destination wedding” = “your wedding present.”

He likes the high-wire feeling (as well as the issue that Kavanaugh is the only one on that Federalist list who’d be willing to certify fake “president” as king); he thinks the adrenaline spike is actually testosterone.

Ehh.