4 rules that explain American Conservatives:
1. Conservatives hate being told what to do.
2. Conservatives love telling others what to do.
3. Conservatives hate being defined and confronted by others.
4. Conservatives love defining others and depriving them of their rights.
1. Conservatives hate being told what to do.
2. Conservatives love telling others what to do.
3. Conservatives hate being defined and confronted by others.
4. Conservatives love defining others and depriving them of their rights.
10:49 AM - Apr 23, 2023
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Students are being arrested on campuses all over the U.S. and the police are so over militarized and confrontational.
This isn’t about law enforcement any more than the police response to BLM ✊🏽 protests was.
This is about silencing dissent.
This is about smashing opposing ideas and views.
This isn’t about law enforcement any more than the police response to BLM ✊🏽 protests was.
This is about silencing dissent.
This is about smashing opposing ideas and views.
10:43 PM - Apr 25, 2024
Your reminder that living with #MajorDepressiveDisorder is a daily fight for survival. Even when it’s in remission. Even when you found a miraculous treatment that works for you.
It never goes away, just recedes into the shadows because it is of the shadows. #depression #TMS
It never goes away, just recedes into the shadows because it is of the shadows. #depression #TMS
03:37 PM - Apr 11, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
OY! If you are an iPhone user then read this and do what it says!
You’re welcome 😉
https://www.nytimes.com/wi...
You’re welcome 😉
https://www.nytimes.com/wi...
11:18 AM - Mar 16, 2024
If it makes you angry that people who don’t look like you, love like you, sound like you, or pray like you might get treated exactly like you, then they aren’t the problem, you are.
04:30 PM - Feb 13, 2024
I’ve been a social studies teacher in the U.S. for 33 years. If someone claims the American Civil War was NOT about slavery but WAS about states rights, then this is how you respond.
“States rights to do what?”
“States rights to do what?”
09:03 AM - Dec 28, 2023
Anyone else think they’re a puzzle piece without a puzzle?
I’ve clashed with every “community” I’m part of. Every. Single. One.
Too loud, too brash, too honest, too enthusiastic, too hyper, too angry, too focused on the negative, too strident, too friendly,
I’ve clashed with every “community” I’m part of. Every. Single. One.
Too loud, too brash, too honest, too enthusiastic, too hyper, too angry, too focused on the negative, too strident, too friendly,
10:31 AM - Dec 15, 2023
Why did they change the icon for the app to 💦?!?
01:19 PM - Dec 06, 2023
I’ve got such mixed feelings about Thanksgiving, so I’ll say this.
Enjoy the time you spend with others.
Then it’s on to Christmas! The Wife and I have a long standing agreement … no Christmas music until today. I woke up to Christmas music.
Hold your people close!
Enjoy the time you spend with others.
Then it’s on to Christmas! The Wife and I have a long standing agreement … no Christmas music until today. I woke up to Christmas music.
Hold your people close!
08:35 AM - Nov 23, 2023
Why isn’t there enough time for me to work on my fantasy series, my book about living with depression, and my book on teaching, all at once? I want to write them all right now. They keep fighting for time in my mind.
01:24 PM - Nov 12, 2023
When you get a text message at 5:00am but it’s a former student telling you they just got engaged to their partner while visiting her family in Turkey.
That hits different.
Teacher impact as measured by real life, not some standardized test.
That hits different.
Teacher impact as measured by real life, not some standardized test.
06:34 AM - Nov 09, 2023
Don’t forget to get out and vote! If you are an Ohio voter, then #VoteYesOnIssue1OH and #VoteYesOnIssue2
03:31 PM - Nov 07, 2023
Anyone still madly in love with their partner after 36 years? I can’t get enough of her, even when she puts cold feet on me in the middle of the night. The worst day with her is better than the best day without her.
09:59 AM - Nov 02, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
"It will get easier when..." is the biggest lie told to new parents. Period.
My 24-year-old is home for the weekend and heading back to his current dig site tomorrow and I'm sitting in my office fighting tears because I'll miss him so much.
My 24-year-old is home for the weekend and heading back to his current dig site tomorrow and I'm sitting in my office fighting tears because I'll miss him so much.
01:58 PM - Oct 22, 2023
I no longer have a child under the age of 24… my kids are no longer kids in any of its various contexts except that they are my offspring. I once wrote a thread about this. I’m going to dig it up and republish.
09:33 AM - Oct 21, 2023
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I’ve got a fantastic marriage. The most important reason for this is that my wife and I like each other AND love each other. You can love someone and not like them. You can like someone and not love them. Put those two things together and it creates a nearly indestructible bond.
12:37 PM - Oct 20, 2023
The House GOP is in complete disarray. Jordan doesn’t have the votes and is out. Now folks are trying to get the votes for McSpeaker McHenry and his McGavel SMASH (TM) They trashed government for fifty years, not they can’t govern… gosh, never saw that coming. #GOPClownCaucus
01:10 PM - Oct 19, 2023
Got my ear pierced! Lol never too old! Getting my second sleeve soon.
06:01 PM - Oct 14, 2023
The chaos of the House GOP shouldn’t surprise anyone. The GOP has undermined the ability of the Fed Gov to function effectively for the past 5 decades. There inability to govern now is a monster of their own creation.
03:48 PM - Oct 13, 2023
3 Threaded Spouts
Extremest groups are like mushrooms. Kill them and more grow from their corpses. Are they evil? Yes, extremism is as extremism does.
Is it possible to kill them and move on? No, not really.
Like I said, more will grow from the corpse of the old organization.
Is it possible to kill them and move on? No, not really.
Like I said, more will grow from the corpse of the old organization.
01:31 PM - Oct 11, 2023
Israel is going to level Gaza. Folks need to brace themselves for what's about to happen there. If you pray, then pray for the civilians of both sides caught in the crossfire.
08:47 PM - Oct 07, 2023
I’m the RandomWhiteGuy on Twitter. If you like folks who attack the Minivan Taliban and call them what they are, fascists, then you should follow me. I’ve been very quiet but that’s changing. Please let folks know I’m active on this platform and still fighting the rise of fascism.
03:50 PM - Oct 07, 2023
(Edited)
Ok, everyone stop posting… I’m trying to get some writing done any y’all are very distracting.
#AmWriting (Sorta) #AmEditing (Yep, that too) #WritingCommunity (No, really)
#AmWriting (Sorta) #AmEditing (Yep, that too) #WritingCommunity (No, really)
03:47 PM - Oct 07, 2023
The office of Speaker of the House is vacant! Kevin McCarthy is the first Speaker in U.S. History to be removed from office. Well done GOP, you folks sure know how to screw things up.
05:06 PM - Oct 03, 2023
The dirt under this man’s nails would make a better leader than just about every member of the modern GOP. Happy Birthday President Carter — and thanks for showing us how it’s done. #JimmyCarter99
09:08 AM - Oct 01, 2023
Not that you care, but I am THE #RandomWhiteGuy from the app we used to all love and now hate. Give me a follow if you followed me over there. It's a bogo right now, so you get a free follow back.
01:20 PM - Sep 30, 2023
House just passed a CR to fund at slightly increased rates for 45 days. No money for Ukraine but everything else is intact. Senate has to vote yet. So, folks keep getting paid and the reactionary’s get more time to jerk us around.
03:37 PM - Sep 30, 2023
Not that you care, but I am THE #RandomWhiteGuy from the app we used to all love and now hate. Give me a follow if you followed me over there. It's a bogo right now, so you get a free follow back.
01:20 PM - Sep 30, 2023
