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Jenny Benjamin's avatar

“We are DEI.” Yes we are. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and story in Costco. I was moved.. I just added it to my Substack profile.

“We are DEI” goes perfectly with the Statue of Liberty and the quote from Emma Lazarus from “The New Colussus” I have there—and it is the truth.

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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thank you!!! Yes, please write WE ARE DEI everywhere!!

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John Jacob's avatar

Thank you for this wonderful post…

It brings a welcomed sense of rationality and solidarity to a very irrational and emotionally isolated time in our country.

Personally, these last two weeks have been exhausting, frustrating and incredibly angering.

Who voted for this?

Should I be pissed off at Trump, or the MAGA mob that brought this to our door? Both? Neither?

I never felt embarrassed by my nationality until this moment, to be blunt…

And it seems most Democrats have NOTHING to offer up? WTF? You just assumed you’d win?

So as you so eloquently wrote, it’s up to US to carry the torch and keep the Faith, to STAND and not let this just happen without Resistance…

Let’s Roll…🇺🇸

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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.'s avatar

Yes!!!! Let's roll!!!

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John Jacob's avatar

⭐️🦾🐦‍⬛🦾⭐️

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Radha Nichole Smith's avatar

We are certainly DEI. All white trans women do not support DEI or even all other trans women. We have our quislings; but we also believe that the only way to destroy such deeply evil machinations as those of Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Musk & the screw-loose foolishness of RFK jr. is to stand together, pulling up others by their hands and bootstraps and making room in this country for the glows of goodness, compassion, mercy and the understanding that we are our sisters’ sisters regardless of all those things the evil-doers loath in the stunning smallness of their bigotry and frights.

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Jim Fitzgerald's avatar

WE ARE DEI !!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Amelia Cloud's avatar

Yes, we are DEI. We, the people are the ones who can and must speak up and speak out.

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Judy B's avatar

Yes! And to have all these civil rights gains slip through our fingers is so brutal. Still: isn't this what human beings do? We assume if we make a change, it'll last forever. We are mortal, afterall

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