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If You're Happy President Trump Tested Positive for COVID-19, You're Just as Bad as He Is

Regardless of my feelings about his politics, Donald Trump is a human first. A husband. A father. An uncle. An American. And today I am deeply saddened by the news that both he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19. Yes, he is an abhorrent person who has said and done terrible things.…

Regardless of my feelings about his politics, Donald Trump is a human first. A husband. A father. An uncle. An American. And today I am deeply saddened by the news that both he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19. Yes, he is an abhorrent person who has said and done terrible things. But Iโ€™m reminded, this morning, of the instructive words of Mark Twain: โ€œForgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.โ€

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An investment in compassion for your fellow manโ€”even those you may consider adversariesโ€”is like planting an apple tree. And despite my feelings about him personally, I am poised to devour that sweet and delicious fruit. Perhaps, the Presidentโ€™s predicament can be a healing moment for a nation in dire need of one.

I invite you, my neighbor, to eat apples with me. My door is open. My heart is bare. My bosom is AH FUCK I CANโ€™T DO THIS ANYMORE I AM OVER-FUCKING-JOYED LIKE STEVIE BUT IF STEVIE HAD LASIK I AM TICKLED AND GIDDY I THINK I SQUEALED THIS MORNING YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY A BLACK MAN MUST BE TO SQUEAL MY NIGGA Iโ€™M PIG HAPPY OUT THIS BITCH I CANโ€™T BELIEVE HE GOT THE THING HE SAID WASNโ€™T A THING EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW IT WAS A THING BUT DIDNโ€™T CARE ABOUT THE THING BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONES GETTING THE THING THE MOST AND NOW ITโ€™S TWERKING ON HIS TONGUE CRIP WALKING IN HIS LUNGS THROWING GENDER REVEAL PARTIES ON HIS FUCKING FACE I FORGIVE HIM THE WAY THE BRIDE FORGAVE BILL THE WAY JOHN WICK FORGAVE THE NIGGA WHO KILLED HIS DOG THE WAY RENT-A-CENTER FORGAVE ME FOR THE DVD PLAYER I COPPED IN 2004 AND RETURNED TWO WEEKS LATE THEY STILL CALL ME ABOUT THAT SHIT TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ELEPHANT MEMORIES!

But seriously, itโ€™s just not helpful to your spirit to find joy in the pain other people feel. It just cultivates a toxicity weโ€™re better than.

Michelle Obama isnโ€™t the only one to instruct us to go high when they go low. My parents, Wilbur and Vivienne Young, raised me to Iโ€™M SORRY I CANโ€™T DO THIS MY EYES ARE BURNING Iโ€™M WHEEZING I THINK I JUST SNORTED SHIT I THINK I JUST SQUIRTED WHEN PEOPLE SAY SHIT LIKE โ€œI WOULDNโ€™T WISH THAT BAD THING ON MY WORST ENEMYโ€ I THINK THEY MUST NOT KNOW WHAT โ€œENEMYโ€ MEANS THEY MUST HAVE A SPECIAL DICTIONARY WITH DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF ENEMY Iโ€™VE WISHED BAD CREDIT AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION ON NIGGAS WHO CAUSED ME MILD DISCOMFORT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF COURSE TODAY I FEEL NOTHING BUT GLEE AND VERVE AND DELIGHT Iโ€™M MOTHERFUCKING MIRTHFUL I FEEL LIKE FLYING A KITE LIKE SINGING IN THE RAIN LIKE SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LIKE YODELING MY NIGGA YODEL-AY-EE-EEEE YODEL-AY-EE-OOO YODEL-AY-EE-EEEE YODEL-AY-EE-OOO!

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