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Jessica Friedman's avatar

Shannon: you are, have been, and always will be the greatest of Americans. I’m a huge, loving, supportive fan.

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Erin DaCosta's avatar

I don't know how you do it. You have been taking one for the team for years now and it seems worse than ever. My mother defended the song. I never thought of her as "one of those republicans" and I continue to think that if only I can expose her to news other than Newsmax, Fox, OAN, Ben Shapiro, etc. then she will realize how misled she is and how violent, racist, and misogynist the right and the party has become. She claims to be on my side with "the gun thing" and, after Uvalde, said that she wanted to volunteer with Moms. She doesn't see the intersection, the hypocrisy, the racist dog whistles (and blatant references), the violent anti-women rhetoric, doesn't make the connection to MAGA, Trump, Jan. 6, her party, to the guns. I'm just a dramatic, thin-skinned liberal looking to cancel everything that offends me. There are so many of us who don't have allies in our family and have to navigate conversations and interactions with family members that sit in the center of the ven diagram you describe. Never in a million years did I think my Mom wouldn't think this song is a step too far, never mind inappropriate, offensive, and downright dangerous. That she would defend it is appalling, but then to read, today, about your experience in the wake of your tweet, just reinforces my feelings and the insurmountable chasm in my family. Anyway, thank you for always staying strong in defense of what's right, even when confronted with violent threats, for speaking truth to power, for not backing down. They certainly won't.

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