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To an outsider, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez comes across as such a genuine person that the attacks against her seem particularly revealing. I mean, it really shows that you can be near-perfect & it won’t matter because people are motivated to tear you apart and assume the worst
Here’s a sort of litmus test I use for thinking about people Imagine it’s the apocalypse (zombies?) and you and your child are in a disaster scenario. Because of circumstances beyond your control, you have to hand your child to someone and go on a dangerous errand
- You don’t know if you’ll make it back. Realistically there’s like a 60% chance you won’t. - it’s the apocalypse so all guarantees are off. No cops, no law, no justice. The person might wave goodbye to you with a smile then literally murder, roast and eat your child. It’s chaos
Or, maybe in your absence they might feel compelled to do all they can to raise your child on your behalf: to nourish her into becoming a strong, independent person capable of fending for herself and nurturing others in turn. In honor of you and your memory