The shooting incident that took place between Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion captivated the music world, with many looking to find out what happened that night in the Hollywood Hills. Weeks later, the general consensus labeled Lanez as the aggressor in the situation, as he was reportedly the one who shot Megan twice in the foot. As a result, many have stood with Megan. Among them were Kehlani, who revealed that Tory Lanez’s verse on her song “Can I” would not appear on the upcoming deluxe version of her album It Was Good Until It Wasn’t. Instead, it would be replaced by a yet-to-be-named artist. Joining the crew at Chicago’s WGCI radio station, Kehlani explained her reasoning behind the decision to remove his verse.
“As someone with a large platform, as someone that people look up to, as a woman that makes other women feel safe and empowered, people were asking me, ‘Are you gonna keep somebody on it who doesn’t necessarily make us feel safe or empowered as a woman?’” she said. “And not only that but, you know, this situation was involving someone that I [am] extremely close to, so I just felt like on some loyal sh*t, and on some do the right thing, you have to be responsible. Absolutely I’m changing up the record.” She would also clarify her relationship with Megan saying, “It was business and it was also loyalty to a situation. This is not an industry friendship. That’s really my friend and someone I say I love you to.”
Kehlani’s explainer arrives after she shared a video for “Can I,” which did not feature Lanez but rather sex workers, as she showed appreciation for their work on content-sharing websites like OnlyFans.
You can watch the video above to hear Kehlani’s explanation.
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The Umbrella Academy is a sci-fi odyssey filled with a circus of freakishly powered characters. In just two seasons, the show has ended the world twice, traveled through multiple timelines, revealed that aliens walk among us, taught us the flatulent side-effects of paradoxes, started a cult, and dismantled a nefarious agency charged with keeping tabs on time itself. You’d think we’d be done with being surprised by the weird sh*t this series comes up with. But then, the show introduced Ritu Arya in Season 2 and left us questioning the fragile nature of our accepted reality all over again.
Arya plays Lila, a mysterious young woman who befriends Diego (David Castaneda) while he’s stuck in a psych ward after a botched time-jump. She quick-witted, capable of taking out grown men twice her size, and oddly determined to keep both Diego and his brother, Five (Aidan Gallagher), alive. As the season goes on, we learn bits of Lila’s background, her connection to The Commission, and her real motives for befriending the Hargreeves siblings — but even after a handful of out-of-left-field reveals, nothing prepared fans for the season’s final episode and the part Lila had to play in it. We chatted with Arya about joining this misfit crew of superpowered losers, the clues to Lila’s origins hidden early in the season, and that time-traveling cliffhanger.
Were there clues early in the season as to who Lila was?
Yeah, there were moments that were placed in for sure. In episode five where she’s having a fight with Five, she’s using his powers then, and it’s important to not give away that she is. However, you watch it a second time, it’s quite clear that of course, she’s doing that, you know?
How did you make sure not to give too much away?
That was a worry. I did my best to really think about that. For instance, in episode one where she beats up the security guard at the end, she whacks his gun out of his hand, and [Diego] says, “How’d you learn to fight like that?” And she says, “My mother.” I think it was very important for me to make that a charming casual comment as opposed to a literal, “My mother… who is The Handler, who is the head of The Commission.” I didn’t want to put much weight on those moments so that you could easily shift by it and not think too much about her at that stage.
Her romance with Diego really impacts both characters as the season goes on. How does she view that relationship?
At first, it’s just all part of a mission. She’s having to lie to him and gain his trust. In doing so, she starts falling for him, and I think she’s in denial about that until quite some time until she’s finally open about it. And by then, it’s tricky because her mum is on this power trip, and she’s losing trust with that, and Diego leaves the commission after she thinks that they’re now going to be together again. So, it’s a bit of a roller coaster, to be honest.
Speaking of an overbearing mother, what was it like going toe-to-toe with Kate Walsh?
We had rehearsals together and it was quite a natural bond that we had. A lot of it was just how I felt in the moment with her during a scene. She carries so much gravity and power and status, generally that it’s quite easy to work with that dynamic. So it was easy to love her as a mum and be afraid of her as a mum, too.
Do you think Lila expects her mother to betray her in the end?
No, she doesn’t expect it. She knows that her mum’s very different from other mums, and she knows that she’s been raised with tough love. I think she has always wanted to break through that, but not quite known how. But I don’t think she’s been too aware of her mum’s higher ambitions. That’s not what’s on her mind so much. It’s only when she starts seeing it towards the end of the series that it becomes a worry.
Where does Lila go with that briefcase at the end of Season 2?
That’s a secret.
But you know?
She could be anywhere. She could any time, any place, it’s all very exciting.
What was filming that final battle scene with the whole cast like?
They were all the worst.
Naturally.
But no, I really enjoyed it. I hadn’t worked on set with them yet. So, I was like, “Hey, come play with me!”
What’s Lila’s relationship with Five and will that tension continue now that the Handler is seemingly gone?
I think she’s pissed off at her mum when she says she chose Five to take down the commission board because she wants to be known as the best at what she does. There’s a love and hate thing, because there’s always respect for someone that is really good at what they do, and it’s also fun because no one can really match her. He’s a tricky one.
You studied astrophysics in college. How does the time travel theory hold up on this show?
[Laughs] They are really on it with the writing. I think it’s a really intelligent show, but, it’s also fiction so you can get away with absolutely anything. But yeah, it didn’t ever come into my mind to be like, “Excuse me. Let me just…”
Correct your formula here?
Yeah, no.
Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ is currently streaming Season 2.
The Denver Nuggets will be without the services of a major contributor for the foreseeable future. One day after the team took down the Utah Jazz in the first game of their playoff series thanks to Herculean efforts from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, Mike Singer of the Denver Post reported that Will Barton will not suit up for the Nuggets any time soon.
According to Singer, the knee issues that have held Barton out for the entirety of Denver’s stay in the NBA’s Orlando Bubble will sideline him indefinitely. It is unclear exactly what is wrong — he’s been listed as having “right knee soreness” in each game that he’s missed, but Singer brings word that this will keep Barton out for the “foreseeable future,” an ominous sign for his prospects of coming back any time soon.
Barton is not the only major injury that has fallen upon the Nuggets, as Gary Harris has not been able to suit up in the Bubble due to a hip issue that is slated to keep him out of Game 2 against the Jazz. In their absence, Michael Porter Jr. has emerged as an effective perimeter scorer, but obviously getting both Barton and Harris healthy and performing at the level they’re capable of achieving would be a gigantic boost for Denver going forward.
Barton started all 58 games he appeared in this season for the Nuggets, averaging 15.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in 33 minutes a night.
There are few unluckier movies in screen history than The New Mutants, which was filmed three years ago, went through a round of reshoots, and has been rescheduled on many occasions. The last time it was supposed to hit theaters was last April. That didn’t happen, for reasons that should be obvious. It was then moved to August 28, and…well…will that happen? As per Variety, allegedly! Disney, the company that was bequeathed it in the Fox takeover, is holding onto that spot, at least for now.
Granted, should the X-Men spin-off, which was greenlit not long before the Twilight-era YA bubble burst, hit theaters as planned, it will be in quite a fewer multiplexes than once hoped. Of the nation’s estimated 6,021 venues, only 1,309 have reopened, none of them in hot zones like New York City and Los Angeles. Those theaters should be glad to have it, having been forced to play classics from Star Wars, Harry Potter, and other franchises to fill the empty spaces.
In the meantime, here, as per ComicBook.com, is a new clip. It finds our five young mutants, who are trapped at some secret institution, scrambling for their lives from some off-screen foe. While Maisie Williams’ Wolfsbane tends to an unconscious Mirage (Blu Hunt), Anya Taylor-Joy’s Magick takes it upon herself to wield her superpowers — teleoportation and manifesting the “Soulsword” — to save everyone. The clip is only a minute long, but it does show that one of the missions in the reshoots — to make things scarier — was apparently accomplished.
The New Mutants is set to hit theaters on August 28, for the time being.
The last time Open Mike Eagle released a full-length project was back in 2017, when he shared Brick Body Kids Still Daydream. The album was succeeded by his What Happens When I Try To Relax EP the following year, but now the Chicago native is preparing to release his latest full-length project, Anime, Trauma, And Divorce. First, however, is his brand new single, “Bucciariati,” a collaboration with Kari Faux. The track finds Mike slithering through the track’s minimalist production that builds up to engulf the lyrics.
Mike’s latest arrives after he shared another single, “Neighborhood Protection Spell (Lana Del Biden Nem),” back in July. As for the new album, Mike spoke about it in a statement, saying the album was a result of a “few personal crises.”
Before the world went to shit I was already in the middle of a few personal crises. Shit had gone haywire personally and professionally and my therapist had to remind me that I have an outlet to process some of my shit in rap music. So I made a bunch of painful rap songs and Jacknife Lee was kind enough to help me make good music out of them. Maybe it can help other people too. It probably won’t but maybe.
Anime, Trauma, And Divorce will have thirteen songs and features appearances from Video Dave and Lil Ase, in addition to Kari Faux.
Watch the video above to hear “Bucciariati” and check out the tracklist to Anime, Trauma, And Divorce below.
1. “Death Parade”
2. “Headass (Idiot Shinji)” Feat. Video Dave
3. “Sweatpants Spiderman”
4. “Bucciarati” Feat Kari Faux
5. “Asa’s Bop” Feat Lil Ase
6. “The Edge of New Clothes”
7. “Everything Ends Last Year”
8. “The Black Mirror Episode”
9. “Wtf is Self Care”
10. “I’m a Joestar (Black Power Fantasy)”
11. “Airplane Boneyard”
12. “Fifteen Twenty Feet Ocean Nah (Live From the Joco Cruise)” Feat. Lil Ase
Anime, Trauma, And Divorce is out 10/14 via AutoReverse Records. Pre-order it here.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Orlando Magic stunned the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1, as the 8-seed upset the 1-seed in the East with a thoroughly convincing 122-110 win. There were some that predicted an 8 v. 1 upset on Tuesday, but they were thinking of the Western Conference series between the Lakers and Trail Blazers.
L.A. enters the series having looked off in the Bubble. They didn’t seem to have their rhythm in the seeding round and struggled defensively, an area they’d shined in the regular season prior to the hiatus. Offensively, they were likewise inconsistent, flashing the dominance they’re capable of but never seeming to put it together for 48 minutes. Portland, meanwhile, was among the hottest teams in the Bubble, clawing their way to the 8-seed in the West with a 6-2 record before beating Memphis in a thrilling play-in game.
Damian Lillard is out of his mind right now, earning seeding round MVP honors with his play, which included multiple 50-point outings, and they’re playing unreal offense. As such, they’re a trendy pick to take a few games off of a scuffling Lakers team, and they have the full attention and respect of LeBron James and the Lakers. We know the stars in this series will play a huge role, but for both, the question is what they get from the “others” in the playoffs. We’ll look at a pair of X-factors that could swing what figures to be a more competitive 1-8 series than usual.
Los Angeles Lakers: Alex Caruso
Rondo is cleared but isn’t playing in Game 1, and if Lakers fans had their way, the veteran would never see the floor in this series. The pressure is firmly on Caruso, who figures to draw the Damian Lillard assignment most possessions he’s on the court, to give L.A. high level defense — which he’s more than capable of — but maybe more importantly, some kind of creativity on offense.
The Lakers, if they’re smart, will trap and pressure Lillard to move the ball out of his hands, but Caruso has to be able to lead that pressure without getting into foul trouble given the Lakers lack of backcourt depth. On the other end, LeBron James could use some kind of assistance in carrying the ball-handling and facilitating load, and Caruso figures to be the best bet to give them that, given guys like Dion Waiters and J.R. Smith are not exactly known for their creation for others. Giving LeBron help in that area would be great, but given the amount of energy he figures to expend defending Lillard, it remains to be seen how much he can provide offensively.
Portland Trail Blazers: Gary Trent Jr.
The Blazers biggest weakness entering the Bubble was wing depth with Trevor Ariza not joining them in Orlando. That’s left Carmelo Anthony and Gary Trent Jr. to log major minutes, with the latter exploding to start the seeding round, hitting a preposterous amount of his three-pointers. He’s cooled off of late, going just 7-for-25 from beyond the arc in the last four games, and Portland desperately needs him to make teams pay for sending additional help at Dame and C.J. McCollum.
The Lakers figure to try making anyone other than Dame beat them, with secondary focus on McCollum, and that could leave open looks for Trent. He’s not an especially good defender — as evidenced by the Nets game against Caris LeVert — which means if he’s not knocking down shots he’s not really helping the Blazers. However, he is capable of becoming a flamethrower on the offensive end and that could genuinely tilt a game or two in this series.
After being included in the XXL Freshman class, NLE Choppa has been pushing full steam ahead, with no signs of slowing down. NLE Choppa appeared on the fourth episode of his Top Shotta Don Dada series, in which he and Mulatto kick it poolside as they work on the music video for their collaboration “Make Em Say.” The video also shows the “Shotta Flow” rapper’s lively spirit as he interacts with the crew during the shoot.
The new Top Shotta Don Dada episode also arrives after NLE Choppa shared his debut album, called simply Top Shotta, at the beginning of the month. Aside from the Mulatto collaboration, his debut also called on Roddy Ricch, Lil Baby, and Chief Keef to appear over its 20 total tracks. The Memphis native also celebrated his high school graduation earlier this year, and while making the Top Shoota Don Dada episode, Choppa and team made sure to gift him with a brand new Gucci bag for the accomplishment.
Check out the Top Shotta Don Dada episode above.
For more on NLE Choppa, check out Uproxx’s Who Is NLE Choppa? documentary here.
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Let’s be clear about something. Not traveling in the middle of a pandemic is not a travesty. It’s an inconvenience. It’s a bummer. Having someone die because you flaunted social distancing guidelines, that’s a travesty. And if you do flaunt the guidelines someone could die. Those are the stakes of the conversation at hand.
Any talk of travel right now is set against the backdrop of a global pandemic. With that comes a wide-range of concerns. Not just about how you view the need for caution but also how the people in the place you’re going view it. My friends and family in Portland, Oregon — where they’ve been particularly successful at flattening the curve — aren’t thrilled about the prospect of inbound travelers right now. Especially those coming from neighboring California, which saw a recent spike in cases (though it’s currently trending downward).
It would be nice to think we’re all in this together and the nation is therefore wide open for internal roaming. But that ignores the fact that certain parts of the country perceive the urgency of the threat differently. Just look at Huntington Beach, where people wearing masks are routinely harassed.
So does that mean absolutely no travel? I don’t think so.
While there’s no commonly accepted algorithm to judge who is and who isn’t nailing this whole “being a non-trash person during the pandemic” situation, “points of contact” appears to be a better metric than more arbitrary factors like “miles traveled” or “state borders crossed.” Certainly according to the epidemiologists and public health experts we’ve spoken to. It’s wrongheaded to make a blanket statement that someone staying in their home city but testing the waters with restaurants and bars would be creating/ accepting less risk than someone driving a few hours to a different county (with a similar net positivity rate), while simultaneously observing stricter distancing measures.
Of course, it’s only ethical to travel if you’re willing to do it right. And that’s a big “if.” It requires commitment. Energy which — depending on why you travel and your goals in taking a trip — might potentially bleed some of the fun out of the whole experience. A COVID-era trip can’t be the sort of wild bacchanal that we giddily hyped up pre-pandemic. It’s not likely to feature enriching cultural exchange. But while a trip right now might not be as spontaneous or mind-expanding as what you’re used to, it can be every bit as joyous. Every bit as full of wonder.
In the process, it might just be able to let some of the steam out of this pressure cooker of a situation we all find ourselves in. (Remember that stress during the pandemic is so significant that the World Health Organization (WHO) has a page dedicated to managing it.)
“After someone spends a few days on the road you can see that a weight has been lifted,” says Gretchen Bayless, co-founder of Roamerica, where she rents vans and helps travelers plan no-contact road trips. “The rules haven’t changed, people are still being incredibly strict, they’re still social distancing, they’re still staying within a single tank of gas from home… but you can tell that they needed some sort of reprieve.”
Roamerica operates out of Oregon and asks guests to do their shopping near their homes, rather than adding another contact point to their trips. For my own adventure, a visit to the Kern River — about four hours from my house in Orange County (with a similar COVID net-positivity rate) — I first planned on following that advice and going full-on zero contact. But the day I hit the road, I tweaked that approach ever so slightly. In general, the ethics on pandemic travel are mushy, but it felt strange to me to visit a place during this financially agonizing time and add absolutely nothing to the local economy.
In the end, I decided to buy my fishing tackle in Kernville, with a mask on (though it quickly became clear that wasn’t the local standard). Since the fishing store also had a meat counter, I ended up getting a steak. (An indictment of my angling skills, if ever there was one.)
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So what about the travel bit? Was a low-contact road trip actually any fun?
Absolutely. I was alone with a two-year-old, but the main pieces of a classic car adventure were all there. We argued about music, peed along the side of the road when someone had to go, and stopped off for swims (or complained theatrically) when one of us got too hot. We pumped our own gas, as per the California standard, and I sanitized my hands afterward (which I probably should have been doing all along).
The Kern River is fed by snowmelt and winds through Sequoia National Park and a shockingly scenic canyon before being diverted to water the vast farmlands of California’s Central Valley. The drive into the canyon, from the flat, hot town of Bakersfield, is worth the trip alone. Once you pass Lake Isabella — where the river takes a brief, sun-scorched sojourn — and the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it town of Kernville, you reach a long stretch of virtually unregulated wild space. Camping is first-come, first-served and facilities are nonexistent. The river is the lone hub of activity and the diversions are incredibly compact.
The afternoon we arrived on the Kern, my son and I swam, hiked, and fished in the few hours between 5 pm and sunset. He caught his first trout, then promptly screamed until it safely was back in the river. The next day, we went on a longer hike, fished without an ounce of luck, dove off of a log into a crystalline swimming hole, and slid down natural rockslides that could rival any waterpark in America.
I carried a mask at all times, but never wore it. There were no people to infect or be infected by. The only person we actually met in three days was a skinny, scraggly-bearded gold panner who had come down from some secret creek in the hills to get a proper wash in the river and buy supplies with gold dust. The man was all whiskers and jutting bones, with skin turned leathery by the sun. The curiosity of seeing him compelled me to spark up a conversation from ten-feet downstream — not just because he cut such an odd figure but also because chit chat with strangers is the aspect of travel that I found myself missing the most.
The man exchanged a few pleasantries while bobbing in the river near our camp, but wasn’t much of a talker. He wasn’t following the pandemic news and looked fully feral. When I asked one too many questions about his profession, he closed his mouth dramatically and slinked into the undergrowth. (Later research confirmed the one bit of information I got from this strange character — the Kern River and its surrounding tributaries are some of the foremost gold panning locations left in the lower United States.)
Coming back through Kernville on the last day of the trip, I can’t say I wasn’t tempted to drop in at the new(ish), much raved-about brewery in town. People were outside when our car passed, chatting happily and eating nachos, but I decided the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze. I haven’t sat down at a restaurant or brewery back home yet, why test it while on the road? Instead, I settled for ice cream for the kiddo from a walk-up window. Plus, this way he had something to spill on my seats when we got back in the car and headed home.
After nearly two-decades spent roaming this planet, I continue to believe in the deep significance of travel. Most fundamentally, I believe in it in the Bourdainian sense — as a method of connecting people and bridging cultural gaps. But this trip wasn’t that at all. Besides the gold miner and two cashiers, I literally didn’t say a word to anyone but my son.
But I also love the kinetic energy of travel. The propulsive verve it carries. And this trip had that in spades. It offered the respite that Gretchen Bayless spoke about. A chance to change settings without significantly posing a risk to the lives of others. A reminder of the world outside my door and an opportunity to recharge as the quarantine drags on.
For now, that variety of travel is just about all we can (or should) realistically ask for. And it’s plenty good enough to tide me over until full-fledged trips are back on the table.
The Pacers-Heat series promised to be one of the most anticipated matchups of the opening round, if only for all the chippiness and bad blood between Jimmy Butler and T.J. Warren, the latter of whom has been on a blistering streak for Indiana since the season resumed in Orlando last month.
And Game 1 didn’t disappoint, as the Pacers gave the Heat everything they could handle, but ultimately came up short as Miami got the 113-101 win to take a 1-0 series lead. Butler won the head-to-head battle, leading all scorers with 28 points, four assists, three rebounds, four steals, and a pair of blocks. But Warren was outstanding in his postseason debut, finishing with 22 points and eight rebounds and three of his four attempts from outside the arc.
Butler didn’t waste any time getting on the board, showing his aggressiveness in the opening minutes and taking it strong to the rack on the break.
The Pacers took a 33-27 lead into the second quarter, but there was a scary moment for Victor Oladipo, who appeared to get poked in the eye and was forced to leave the game and was unable to return. There’s been no official word about the nature or severity of his injury, but Oladipo’s absence could be a huge turning point in this series if he has to miss significant time.
Justin Holiday was heating up for the Pacers in the first half, hitting all three of his attempts from three-point range and finished a perfect 4-of-4 from the field for 11 points on the night.
Indiana also got quality contributions from JaKarr Sampson, who put up six points and three rebounds in seven minutes of action in the first half and played solid defense.
Butler led the way for Miami in the early going with 14 points, including this two-handed jam off a nice little out-of-bounds play. Bam Adebayo added 12 points as Miami took at 56-52 lead into the half.
But Warren continued his hot shooting in the third quarter, and Malcolm Brogdon helped keep the Pacers within striking distance, scoring eight points in the quarter and leading a 9-1 run to pull within one, 81-80, going into the final quarter.
Dragic caught fire in the fourth quarter, hitting several big shots and scoring 14 points in the final frame to give the Heat an eight-point lead with five minutes remaining.
But it was Butler who helped put the game away, hitting back-to-back three-pointers, despite being near the bottom of the league in three-point shooting all season. It capped a 22-10 run and gave the Heat their largest lead of the night, from which Indiana would not recover.
Game 2 tips off on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET on TNT, as Indiana will look to close much better and Miami will be seeking a stranglehold on the series with back-to-back wins.
There’s a post that conservatives are sharing on Facebook that aims to make it seem like they are tolerant people, but they’ve been pushed to the point where they’ve decided to become a bigot.
Who pushed them too far? The LGBT community, people of color, liberals, and immigrants.
The post is clearly a total “Sorry, not sorry,” post that attempts to have things both ways. It essentially says, “I was tolerant of those who aren’t white, straight, and conservative, but I’ve become intolerant of them because they are destroying my way of life.”
[Note: There are different versions of this post that say: “I have never cared if you were well off, or poor, because I’ve been both, until you started calling me names for working hard and bettering myself” and “I’ve never cared if you don’t like guns until you tried to take my guns away.”]
Who in the world is calling people names for working hard? Also, it’s a little self-aggrandizing for someone to pat their own back by bragging about working hard and bettering themselves. But, hey, puffing yourself up is what Facebook is for.
Whoever shares the post is also looking to be praised for their toughness, “my patience and tolerance are gone.” Congratulations on being so thin-skinned.
The post is also inadvertently funny because it says, “I never cared you were gay until you started shoving it down my throat.” Now, what exactly was shoved down this person’s throat and did they enjoy it or not? That reveal would make for a much more entertaining post.
So, what happened now grandpa?
The post also assumes that the LGBT community, people of color, liberals, and immigrants are all fighting against straight, white conservatives in an attempt to ruin their lives. When, in reality, most of the activists are simply fighting for equality.
There are extremists in all movements, so to paint each group with such broad-strokes shows a real lack of experience.
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LGBT people aren’t trying to turn straight people into drag queens. Protesting against systemic inequality isn’t about blaming others people for your problems, it’s about highlighting inequity and attempting to correct it.
And where does the original poster get the idea that immigrants are trying to erase anyone’s history?
Someone came up with the perfect response to the “I don’t care” post by pointing out the fact that the person who wrote the manifesto probably has supported Republican policies that have oppressed immigrants, people of color, and the LGBT community.
Naturally, these policies have encouraged liberals to fight back.
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The poster does a great job of explaining how the person who “never cared” really does care about the rights of people who aren’t like him or her.
People on the right love to talk about freedom, but it’s more like, “freedom for me but not for thee.” They are vocal about the freedom to own a gun, run a business without interference, and pay less in taxes to the state.
But they conveniently neglect the freedom for people to love who they choose, live where they want, and do what they wish with their bodies.
People who truly value liberty want it for those they disagree with as well.
In today’s politically divided America, tolerance is a value that we need a lot more and more of, regardless of one’s political affiliation. So, how about an “I never cared” post that goes something like this?
“You know folks, I never cared you were gay until I saw that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide, compared to heterosexual youth. So I stood up for your rights.
I never cared what color you were until I learned that Black people are up to six times more likely to be killed by police, so I marched alongside you.
I never cared about your political affiliation, until I realized it is a reflection of your values, so I listened. I also appreciated it when you listened to me when I shared my views.
I didn’t care where you were from until I learned you were a refugee that came to America to provide your family with safety and opportunity.
I am not alone in feeling like this, there are millions more of us who feel like this, and we are going to change the world so it’s a more tolerant, safe, and free place for all of us.”
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