Six days… and here’s what I’ve feared most, right on my doorstep.

People being ugly to each other just because they can and creating an environment in which you are not permitted to think or feel differently from the mainstream.

Because that’s the environment you need for popular acceptance of stripping away someone else’s rights… because they aren’t like you, they are different. They are other.

Look, I’m not blind. I was born with a cleft lip and pallet and had to have a handful of surgeries before it was okay for me to go to school and not scare other kids. My earliest memory is being with my mom in the local supermarket and having a woman ask my mom if I was retarded, too. I know my face is objectively unattractive. That’s the lot I drew, and the people that take the time to get to know me are usually kind.

Because I don’t agree with name calling, this is what I have.. someone going through every post I’ve ever made to remind me I’m ugly and stupid.

Thanks. And, yall, welcome to America Made Great.