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John Mendelssohn's avatar

Brilliant. And, of course, infuriating. When I think of lower forms of life like Trump denigrating those who've managed to escape my blood boils. But maybe if he's re-elected and there is another cataclysmic hurricane, he can go down there and hand out paper towels.

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G May's avatar

France and the US made clear to slaves all around the world, what the consequences of rising up and throwing off their chains would be. They made (and continue to make) Haiti an example to anyone who dares think there could be a better way for humans to live together.

I met a woman in the early aughts who worked with NGO’s around the world. I’ve never quite figured out what she saw in me, but she’d leave me in her bed and go off to work Monday through Friday (I was a bartender, so…)

Oh, boy! Did she have books! Rwanda, South Africa, the former Yugoslavia, the Sudan, Tibet, Southeastern Asia, and yes: Haiti. I read them all, and my first world, white privileged eyes were opened. It took me a very long time to recognize joy when I saw it again.

Hold your loved ones close and do what you can for those less fortunate around you. Because evil exists, ladies and gentlemen; and monsters have always been real.

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