I'm really sorry to hear about the abuse. I guess it shouldn't be surprising any more to hear about that sort of thing; but I genuinely don't understand how someone could hate you, or what could make someone so angry. Judging by this post, I guess you've got better empathy skills than I have, if you can understand where those people are coming from.
"I genuinely don't understand how someone could hate you" Some see Laurie/them just as an abstraction of the Left-Stuff-They're-Supposed-to-Hate, some see them as just one more uppity bitch needing a smack in the mouth, and some see them as a betrayer of "Left ideals" (and I have to wonder what they initially thought those ideals were [these are probably the liberals]).
There's lots of us who want to say, quietly and kindly and gratefully, thank you for writing this stuff. Try to hear us under the shouting 🙂.
Another brilliant piece of writing, thank you
I'm really sorry to hear about the abuse. I guess it shouldn't be surprising any more to hear about that sort of thing; but I genuinely don't understand how someone could hate you, or what could make someone so angry. Judging by this post, I guess you've got better empathy skills than I have, if you can understand where those people are coming from.
"I genuinely don't understand how someone could hate you" Some see Laurie/them just as an abstraction of the Left-Stuff-They're-Supposed-to-Hate, some see them as just one more uppity bitch needing a smack in the mouth, and some see them as a betrayer of "Left ideals" (and I have to wonder what they initially thought those ideals were [these are probably the liberals]).
Ohh, you're _such_ a lover's caress with Those People . . . .