I have something to say and I hope you'll indulge me for a minute.

After the tragic and horrifying events of last week, I wanted to give up.

I feel as though I'm such a bad communicator and so bad at my job, my only job, that I end up arguing with my audience on social

media rather than convincing them of my points here on my program. But after a lot of self-reflection, a lot of what I guess they would call soul-searching,

and the love and support of those closest to me,

have come to realize that this is just the beginning, not the end.

Evil flourishes in darkness, in complacency.

There is more work to be done.

There is more truth to be spread.

And if I'm not equipped to effectively do my job, then I simply need to work harder and get better at it.

So here's a little bit of truth for you.

Here's the hot take I've come up with.

If you celebrate the murder of someone simply because

they have different beliefs than you

simply because

of their words

simply because they

hurt your feelings

then you

are the problem

you are the problem.

You are the monster.

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