#IWasCalmUntil: An Angry Twitter Thread

#IWasCalmUntil I saw ADULTS bully a child for being trans, for being nonbinary. ADULTS hurl threats at a child for wanting to be themselves.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil a nurse was called selfish because she needed a break after working 17 hour shifts for a month straight. So much for being “heroes”

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil the likes of @Alyssa_Milano removed #MeToo from their bios in order to support a rapist simply because he’s a Democrat, and rip an assault survivor apart.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I saw a person who calls themself a ‘leftist’, tell a Uyghur activist that they are racist for wanting the CCP to stop putting Uyghur muslims in a fucking concentration camp.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil no one talked about the Rohingya genocide until after it was over. And even then, no one seemed to care.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I saw children being put in cages, and everyone saying, “Well, then they shoulda came here legally!”

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I heard “pro-lifers“ constantly shame victims of rape and incest for not only getting abortions, but for being victims in the first place.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil a friend was called the N word for simply saying no. Until a friend was beaten for simply saying no. Until a friend was killed for simply saying no.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil so many LGBT+ people were killed for the ‘crime’ of going out to have fun.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I heard about the ”Make American Straight Again” and “Make Women Great Again” conferences.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I was gaslit to a point where nothing felt real anymore.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I heard “Keep politics out of video games!” for forty-fifth fucking time.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I was told I would “change my mind” about having kids for the millionth time.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I was refused a hysterectomy, because I needed to get “permission” from my husband. A man I haven’t even met yet.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil I was told that I didn’t belong in the LGBT+ community because I’m aromantic. Because I’m bi. Because I labeled myself as ‘queer’.

I will never be calm again.

#IWasCalmUntil 2016. Until 2015. 2014. 2013.

I don’t remember what it was like to be calm.

Hope you had a great Easter, if you celebrated it, otherwise, I hope you had a great day. I’m going to mute this thread and try to sleep.