I’m not holding him responsible for that but I’m not going to pretend it doesn’t annoy the shit out of me to see him get mic’d up on a lot of shows this year after walking away from his own. Yes he’s human and doesn’t owe us anything but I’m bitter that his show, which brought these issues into the mainstream in…

I am supremely pissed off at everyone who let this happen. Including myself (I didn’t vote for Trump but I didn’t speak out about my support for HRC and I should have).

I am 100% ignoring anyone who tells me not to hate Trump voters.

maybe im just angry in general, but i am over jon stewart and stephen colbert. i feel like they are too privileged and not willing to get out from behind that to give good commentary.

This is what I thought they were for- for anyone who wanted to wear one (never heard it as a white-only thing), just to acknowledge each other as a kind of “yes I see you and feel the same way / we are in this together” thing.

No. it’s for everyone I thought.

I do not plan to treat anyone who voted for Trump with any respect at all. And I will let them know why. These people are scum. To hell with them. If one of them were dying in front of me and all I had to do to save their life was dial 911, I would not make the call. I will never harm a Trump supporter (except not…

Hey! I have a great idea! Why don’t you wear what you want and everyone else can wear what they want. You don’t criticize or, frankly, even comment on what they wear, and they won’t criticize or comment on what you wear.

As an obviously queer person in rural America I’m encouraged to see safety pins on folks in my community because it reminds me that not everyone out here is a hate-filled trump supporter. I’m not going to approach someone or ask for their help just because they are wearing one. It’s more like a nod of acknowledgement…

I linked the article more because it talks about the important role that white people have in combating bigotry and hate, and why I think a safety pin as a conversation starter is still valuable.

I can’t save anybody. That’s not the fucking point for me. The point is to share that I know racism and sexism and other hate is alive and well. That my blinders have been ripped off my face. Fuck you for making it an ugly thing to do that.

Three thoughts that may work like a little sampler platter of ideas to consider when dismissing the current protests as too violent or biased.

When first elected and then reelected, Obama was burned and hung in effigy, told to go back to Kenya etc etc and he wasn’t even enabling hateful behavior.

There were vocal…

I hear you. I feel betrayed by my family. I tried multiple times to show them who he is, and they voted for him anyway. It feels terrible.

I get what you’re trying to say, but as a woman, being told to smile (and having rhymed with “never be out of style”) just makes me want to puke.

If their values are centered on racism, white supremacy, bigotry, and homophobia I couldn’t care less how undervalued they feel. I’m not going to try to empathize with my oppressors and it’s disgusting for people to be suggesting this is what I need to do.

I’ll treat President Trump with the same respect the Republicans treated President Obama and their willingness to unify. How’s that for fair?

Someone near and dear to me said of Hillary this morning, “She took the loss like a man”. I think my head spin all the way around before I exploded.

Yesterday I went out and was super paranoid. Today is no different. I want to fight back but this is a spectacularly painful blow. I feel betrayed by my neighbors even. Its hard when you arent in a big metropolitan city like NYC and youre a POC in a small white suburb. The threat is so much larger. Ugh. I am so…

A local Arab-American activist said the safety pins mattered to the Muslim community, because that way they don’t feel so alone.

I’ve definitely become more assertive with men since Tuesday. My boyfriend is practically afraid of me.