Alejandra Caraballo has an interesting testimony on how the LGBTQIA community is undergoing grief and danger these past months. (The Colorado Springs club shootings are included as a good example.) And it has been difficult, particularly because, she stresses, that social media has been heavily influencing these actions. (Caraballo, like many others, is active on Twitter and other platforms.)
(This is an important statement. Remember it -- I believe it's about at the 3-minute mark.)
Caraballo was testifying at a Congress subcommittee meeting. Nancy Mace, a House member from South Carolina, was part of that committee. She responded:
Mace emphasized that attacks and threats are wrong, whether they are directed toward the Right OR Left. (I agree with her, by the way.)
Caraballo's response, other than to wring her hands and say her words should not be "characterized like that..." In an adult version of a temper tantrum, she blocked Mace from her Twitter account.
Hmmm. In other words:
Don't say it if you don't mean it.
Don't decry others as incendiary if you're doing the same thing.
I take this very, very seriously. I think we all should.
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