(i mean i just grab it without asking, it's fine. it was 11 years ago and i'm such a totally different person now)
(because, locker rooms)
(and other totally fine things to say)
seems to be that
everyone just adores
bold
honest
g r a n d s t a n d i n g
tell it like it
mutha-fucking IS
kinds of folk
ask and
you
shall
receive
bizzaro world
perspectives
on the
truth
unite!
can't you
see
how bad
you got it?
i mean
christ,
it's practically
syria up
in here
and no one
can save us
from ourselves
except
the man
(in quite the
real, actual,
literal kind of way)
that sits
on a golden toilet
because he's great. i mean
there are people, and all the
people say. i'm a good guy, ok?
everyone would agree
and i'm gonna say this, but i
don't want to say it, but oh good
lord i'm gonna say it anyway,
some of the people
wear pants. and it's like CHINA
and the people
pouring in and out i mean
it's a nightmare and look,
i have gold. gold. and oh man,
do i have lots of it.
all the people say. ask anyone.
everyone knows but no one
knows about all
the mexicans, and i'm
gonna build the best wall.
the best.
CHINA is the place
WITH THE BIG WALL, bro
they did it first
*(just checking in...
everyone still on board
with all the honesty???)*
oh good, good.
i knew you would love it
because, after all,
incoherent
rambling
disasters
of humanity
are your special
kind of specialty
oh prove me wrong.
please please please
prove me wrong.
there are facts,
hmmmm...how do i say,
real things
that really happened
that are documented
investigated
proved
things
that's a thing,
i'm telling you it is.
a real thing.
there are words,
like all over the place
explaining things.
to be honest
this was not a thing
i always knew,
so if you didn't know,
now you do
because i'm
telling you.
i grew up
in a big old
jesus storm
gods and
morals
and justice
and things are
right or things
are wrong.
but an education
does something to you.
an education in art.
in love.
in knowledge.
the world is
not small.
not everyone
is white.
not everyone
believes in
jesus.
not everyone
eats meat.
not everyone
loves boys.
not everyone
loves girls.
not everyone
has freedom.
not everyone
has a voice.
listen
and learn.
read
and learn.
make art
and learn.
we are not sheep.
but we are also not
a people who hate.
and when we
do hate,
as we always
ineveitably do,
and then it is
brought to our attention
that our hatred is
asinine
nonsensical
unfair
we stop
doing that thing.
once we see the error,
we stop.
we do not
keep going
blindly
ignorant
and full
of fear
we stop.
we correct.
we adjust.
we admit when
we are wrong.
and that is
the only thing
that makes us great.
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 2016 at 8:14 PM UTC
(i mean i just grab it without asking, it's fine. it was 11 years ago and i'm such a totally different person now)
(because, locker rooms)
(and other totally fine things to say)
seems to be that
everyone just adores
bold
honest
g r a n d s t a n d i n g
tell it like it
mutha-fucking IS
kinds of folk
ask and
you
shall
receive
bizzaro world
perspectives
on the
truth
unite!
can't you
see
how bad
you got it?
i mean
christ,
it's practically
syria up
in here
and no one
can save us
from ourselves
except
the man
(in quite the
real, actual,
literal kind of way)
that sits
on a golden toilet
because he's great. i mean
there are people, and all the
people say. i'm a good guy, ok?
everyone would agree
and i'm gonna say this, but i
don't want to say it, but oh good
lord i'm gonna say it anyway,
some of the people
wear pants. and it's like CHINA
and the people
pouring in and out i mean
it's a nightmare and look,
i have gold. gold. and oh man,
do i have lots of it.
all the people say. ask anyone.
everyone knows but no one
knows about all
the mexicans, and i'm
gonna build the best wall.
the best.
CHINA is the place
WITH THE BIG WALL, bro
they did it first
*(just checking in...
everyone still on board
with all the honesty???)*
oh good, good.
i knew you would love it
because, after all,
incoherent
rambling
disasters
of humanity
are your special
kind of specialty
oh prove me wrong.
please please please
prove me wrong.
there are facts,
hmmmm...how do i say,
real things
that really happened
that are documented
investigated
proved
things
that's a thing,
i'm telling you it is.
a real thing.
there are words,
like all over the place
explaining things.
to be honest
this was not a thing
i always knew,
so if you didn't know,
now you do
because i'm
telling you.
i grew up
in a big old
jesus storm
gods and
morals
and justice
and things are
right or things
are wrong.
but an education
does something to you.
an education in art.
in love.
in knowledge.
the world is
not small.
not everyone
is white.
not everyone
believes in
jesus.
not everyone
eats meat.
not everyone
loves boys.
not everyone
loves girls.
not everyone
has freedom.
not everyone
has a voice.
listen
and learn.
read
and learn.
make art
and learn.
we are not sheep.
but we are also not
a people who hate.
and when we
do hate,
as we always
ineveitably do,
and then it is
brought to our attention
that our hatred is
asinine
nonsensical
unfair
we stop
doing that thing.
once we see the error,
we stop.
we do not
keep going
blindly
ignorant
and full
of fear
we stop.
we correct.
we adjust.
we admit when
we are wrong.
and that is
the only thing
that makes us great.
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