For whomever needs this again: freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Say it with me if you need to. Say it if you don't understand it, until you internalize it. Freedom of speech... good, say the rest... is not freedom FROM consequences. Got it? Good. Now here's the
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other part of it - when someone says something stupid or ignorant and then doubles down on it - you now have a choice whether or not to exercise your own freedom of speech. Lord knows I've done it. But, a reminder: (see above). Maybe temperance. Maybe compassion. Maybe grace.
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Something's been bugging me for a while. It was a response to some stupid thing I said a while ago about not hating something or another and someone challenged me to talk them out of hating people who drive too slowly and you're not able to pass them. I didn't respond to it
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because it was a joke, you know, the snarky kind Janeane Garofalo made in REALITY BITES, right? Why bother? But here's my belated response: maybe that person just lost someone and are driving slowly, maybe that person just got in an accident and this is their first trip back out.
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Maybe that person just learned how to drive. Maybe they're new to this country and still uncertain about the rules of the road - maybe they're just new to your community and don't know the area well. Maybe they're looking for someone who is lost. Maybe they're very afraid but
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need to be somewhere for someone so they've become very courageous for their friend or loved one. Or maybe, yeah, they're just an asshole trying to slow you from getting to where you need to go by about three minutes maybe. Fuck, you guys. The world is terrible enough, isn't it?
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I'm not perfect. You'll find multiple examples of my frustration and intemperance. Please don't read this as an application for sainthood. I'm just saying - people are really hurting right now. Maybe it's better to act out of concern and empathy than your own pain & rage. WWMRD?pic.twitter.com/uhBoRBGFMZ
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All that being said, Trump can go fuck himself.
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Hey now Walter don't forget to #BeBest.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
Man. How do I keep forgetting that?pic.twitter.com/Y2vxxTctp6
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