I am not a parent, and can only imagine how challenging and heart-breaking it is to deal with all of this from that angle as well. Thank you for that perspective. I still have plenty of room to continue broadening my understanding.
And I’m really sorry to hear about the harassment you experience. I can’t imagine walking up to a stranger on the street to say much of anything, let alone demean them. I guess, as you said via your quote, some people are just cruel, and now they are emboldened.
I’m gonna try. I’m still figuring out what that looks like, and how to respond to all the insanity that’s happening in the US. Step one (and the easiest thing for me to do) is to write things like this and try to let people know I’m with them. I agree, it can’t stop there, but it’s a start.