I am always so in awe of how you magically say the thing you really mean in the moment. I get flustered and think of all the right things to say half an hour later. I love this story so much!!
I was feeling particularly spicy that day. And this guy was *such* a comfortably middle-class white man. I'm usually not so pointed but like, it was early 2017, the U.S. had a new and terrible president, I had been reading the Truth & Reconciliation Report a few days prior, and this guy walks up to me all, "The current government isn't *transparent* and *transparency* is the silver bullet to better politics." and I'm like, is it though?
As a recovering candidate (twice!) I feel this one in my bones.
I am always so in awe of how you magically say the thing you really mean in the moment. I get flustered and think of all the right things to say half an hour later. I love this story so much!!
I was feeling particularly spicy that day. And this guy was *such* a comfortably middle-class white man. I'm usually not so pointed but like, it was early 2017, the U.S. had a new and terrible president, I had been reading the Truth & Reconciliation Report a few days prior, and this guy walks up to me all, "The current government isn't *transparent* and *transparency* is the silver bullet to better politics." and I'm like, is it though?
Kicked him right in the theory!
*snortlaugh*