Watching the staff at a downtown business chum around with people who were yelling 'Fuck J**s' just sank any hope I had.
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I did meet some awesome queer folks last night. That gives me some brightness in a dark time.
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But I was overwhelmed by the unrepentant shittiness of the community in general. How am I to believe I am respected anywhere that embraces
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people whose entire philosophy is "you're defective, you don't deserve rights, fuck you."
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This wasn't subtle bigotry, the kind that's easy for privileged people to ignore. This was open bigotry. Open, loud hatred.
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Some Black people tried to have earnest discussions to educate. They were talked over by the manic wharbling of white male privilege.
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This was always here. Before Trump. Before Obama. It was always here. This administration empowers its volume and needs to go, but...
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the hatred will remain and will continue to remain until we educate the next generations and punish those who continue to promote it.
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I've heard it's always darkest before the dawn, but it just keeps getting darker and darker.
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Urk, now I'm rereading my messages and thinking they sound preachy rather than supportive. I'm trying to be supportive here.
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Thank you for your tweets about this event. It must have been awful to experience. Your courage is an inspiration. You have my support.
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There is no shortage of evil in the world but there are more of us than there are of them. We just need to keep showing up.
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Yeah, there is a lot to be discouraged about right now—so much rampant crazy and overt malice in the world. Here's the thing though...
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Fuck, what happened last night?
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