First we muted it. Then we had to teach our kids what "grab her by the pussy" meant. Then we had to explain kids in cages. We explained why the white boys with tiki torches chanted "Jews will not replace us" while the "president" said there were 'very fine people on both sides.'
Then they learned what collusion, witch hunt, obstruction, impeachment & quid pro quo meant. They learned about real& fake news, learned about the murderous dictators that the "president" spoke so highly of & they learned about 'shithole countries.'They learned the word pandemic,
Covid-19, neither a hoax nor a flu, which has killed many of their friends' grandparents, aunts & uncles. Now they are learning more about the "president's" very fine people, a police officer supposed to protect them, who suffocated a black man with his knee as three others
looked on. They learned what looting meant, that Proud Boys have nothing to be proud of and that the Boogaloo Boys are beholden to the boogeyman in the White House who cowered in a bunker as protests got too close to It. Most importantly, they learned that it's a small, but loud
minority that hates people because of the color of their skin; they learned that those people with skin a different hue than their own white skin suffer heartbreaking, excruciating and, at times, murderous injustice for no damn reason. The kids have learned a lot in these 3 1/2
short, but interminable, insufferable years. They learned about human decency and that some people are born without it, they learned about humanity and the lack thereof, and they learned why voting is one of the most important rights they will ever get to exercise, gd willing, so
long as the monster in the White House doesn't take that away from them. But we as their parents will not allow that to happen. We can assure them of at least that. We can assure them that the antithesis of being a decent human being was once their president in name only and they
have the understanding, compassion & knowledge to make sure It never happens again. When it comes to choosing #AmericaOrTrump, we choose #America. This wasn't the education we had in mind for our kids, but they got it--and get it. They now know firsthand to #VoteOutHate. #ByeDon
