Because the infantilization when he lost his mind in Brasil was the same, while Gabby Douglass got dragged for “failing to put her hand on her heart” for the national anthem while she won her gold medal, while at the same time the Orange Occupant can’t even remember the words.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?p0=263&iso=20181106T12&msg=2018%20Midterm%20Elections

He really doesn’t understand that making such a move is good in the short-term only. It costs a fuckton of political capital to make these dictator-type moves. The Never-Trumpers are already in a tizzy, and the fuckwits in Congress who are secretly Never-Trumpers only need Mueller to get fired to find something…

Too bad several leaders of other African nations have stated on the record they wish they could ignore his dumb bigotry.

I usually “DC NYE” - but we didn’t last year for obvious reasons, and ... now we’re here and I’m not even sure (because NYE is on Sunday night, which is almost as weird as the rest of this year has been).

“fair play”

I think I just realized that whole comment was a really long-winded way of saying “it’s not about not accepting it - it’s more about refusing to let it be normalized”

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I’m … honestly kind of disappointed to see you say that.

Spike did a movie a long time ago that dealth with this as one of the issues.

One of the best things you can do for her is help her learn how to interact with people who are homophobic and remain intact and okay. Not saying you need to throw her in the fire or force interactions, but when those interactions happen - talk her through them, help her develop coping skills, help her understand…

Those orders still have to pass through a number of living human beings before they are acted upon, any of which can derail the whole process simply by refusing to act.

Okay, but ... if you never listen to anyone else, then you never learn anything, which leaves you stuck in the same spot you always were.