I once thought as you did, then a bunch of trans people took the time to teach me. By “teach,” I mean they told me to shut the fuck up until I could not just listen to them but hear what they were saying. I was lucky that they were patient enough to teach me about the stakes of elections FOR THEM.

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You cannot explain away a wantonly immoral act because you think it is connected to some higher purpose. - Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation S6:e11 “Chain of Command”

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With Election Day coming next week, be careful not to confuse percent with percentage point. A change from 10% to 13% is a rise of 3 percentage points. This is not equal to a 3% change; rather, it’s a 30% increase.

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Oh no, you don’t get to fucking run:

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This is a shit analogy. A better one would be to sat that I would boycott the safety net company because it refuses to protect those most vulnerable. What good is a safety net company that refuses to do its fucking job when it counts? How could I trust the company won’t decide not to protect me?

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