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May 31, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read Read on X
I just spent 30 horrible minutes on Twitter watching looting and rioting across the nation. A business owner being beat to a pulp by “protesters” for trying to defend his business. A little girl screaming as people wash pepper spray from her eyes. 1/6
Atlanta’s mayor begging for businesses, most minority owned, not to be destroyed juxtaposed with images of looting. A police woman on the ground being dragged away by rioters so they can do God knows what to her. Reporters fleeing in fear from mobbing protesters. 2/6
Then I watched the last minutes of George Floyd’s life on video with my sons.

I am trying to keep myself from vomiting.

Honest question. What do we do, friends? 3/6
My friends of every color, some native and some immigrants, some with criminal records and some in law-enforcement, some Republicans and some Democrats- and many who cross-cut those groups in surprising ways- often sit and eat and laugh together. 4/6
But online, these groups are pitted against one another, “they” are always to blame. How can we respond to instances of injustice without permitting the innocent to be targeted? How can we get media to reflect the goodwill Americans have for others rather than fuel division? 5/6
Depending on the day, I have either dozens of answers to those questions, or zero answers. Today it’s zero.

What say you? What concrete steps could we take - either personally or politically - to improve the current wretched state of our nation?

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Jul 10
Gay marriage has a hidden cost and children are paying the price

It's time for the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell vs. Hodges. 🧵 Image
Ten years ago, a great injustice was done to children.

In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Court treated as equal two things that for kids never will be: opposite-sex and same-sex marriage.

One aims to unite children with both parents. The other separates them from one or both. Image
Gay marriage hasn’t led to greater love for LGBTQ adults but rather greater harm to children.

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When you make husbands and wives legally optional in marriage, mothers and fathers become legally optional in parenthood. Image
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Glenn Greenwald’s sex tape leaked. Within hours, right-wing elites raced to defend him.

Candace Owens. Megyn Kelly. Charlie Kirk, among others.

When progressives do this, they denounce.

But Glenn is “on our side.”

🧵Let’s talk about the cost of conservative hypocrisy.
Megyn Kelly slammed Biden’s non-binary official Sam Brinton for being a “diversity hire” when he was caught stealing luggage.

No pass. No nuance.

But a gay journalist who sometimes sides w conservatives? Big pass, because he's a "friend of many years."
Owens condemned Kevin Spacey,
Andrew Gillum, Lil Nas X, asking
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But there's no critique of Greenwald's behavior, just that he is "one of the most important and honest voices of our time."
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May 30
Despite @TimTebow's statements, fathers are NOT the most likely to sexually victimize children.

Why being raised by their biological father is one of the safest places a child can be 🧵
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He gave the impression that a child’s own father is the most dangerous person in their life, which isn’t true. Image
Let’s look at the source he cites:
the Federal Sentencing of Child Pornography: Production Offenses (October 2021).

It distinguishes between bio fathers and other categories.

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The child never consent to the intentional loss of his or her mother. Image
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Phoenix Ikner shot 8 people at FSU this week.

Media blames guns.

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Broken homes are the common thread in mass shooters. 🧵 Image
Adam Lanza – Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, CT (Dec 14, 2012)

Killed 26 people, including 20 children. His parents divorced in 2009 when he was 17; he lived with his mother, who was also his first victim. Image
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At age 14, Gray killed two students and two teachers. His parents were divorced, and he had a history of abuse and neglect. Image
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