I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word. ↗
I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that. ↗
That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project. ↗
If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about? ↗
What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me. It means to me, personal responsibility. That if I've done something wrong, its up to me to pay the price. It's up to me to make it right. ↗