I like that.
It’s really odd. Racist white people are like “Haha! You named your kid Lakisha (just using an example)!” and they go and give their kid a middle name that’s the same thing as an X-Men character.
They’re out in full force on Twitter today:
“Dylann Storm Roof”
For Kyle Smith.
I just wanted to applaud this.
Point taken. I think my disdain comes from losing my mother to cancer a couple years ago and the fact that I would be damn happy to have her back, disabled or not. Who knows? Tess’s mom might not be a good person, but it just bugged me because of my own bias.
Her apology was awful. It’s basically the “I’m sorry if anyone was offended” nonsense, with a sprinkle of “I have black friends!” on top of the shit sundae. Also, let’s not forget that in the same interview she talked about her paralyzed mother as if she were a mere annoyance, like a fly you just swat away. I almost…