No criticism, that word ‘earned’ seems so out of place, to me. It’s the term so widely used, but the very notion of earning a right, to me it always hits me in the dignity. It’s the glaring gap between the promise and the reality of our experiment. I’m glad when rights are extended universally, and privilege recognized for what it is. I’d like to think we will get there, even if it all feels a little bit ‘two steps back’ since maybe January or so.
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