They're also doing publicity *for us.* Like, I'm fairly plugged in, but I've heard more about this No Kings protest from this fucker than from anywhere else.

“Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being… Over my years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true: The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”
JB Pritzker

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#KindnessMatters

They’re afraid because we exist, she says. There’s nothing we did to provoke their fear, other than exist.

There’s nothing we can do to earn their approval, except stop existing – so we can either die like they want, or laugh at their cowardice and go on with our lives.

N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky