And I'm not sorry
Did you catch last night’s show?
Lots of people did. Some think I’ve made myself untouchable and irrelevant now that I’ve said exactly what I think about the culture war in plain Anglo-Saxon.
Some are mad that I hold women responsible for their bullshit.
Some are men who don’t want to be held responsible for their cowardice.
I’ve been thinking about how to respond.
‘I’m not your bitch—don’t hang your shit on me’
You did good, Josh! This fight is much too important to try to be nicer. Truth tellers are always going to be hated by some. But we are necessary. Like you, I have always noticed things. Even when I was too young to really understand the implications of what I was noticing. Now I do and have for many years. I have lost lots of friends over the past nearly 10 years. Including for “not being angry enough” at Trump. No kidding. From a woman who I thought was my best friend. It’s been painful but I’ve gotten over it. Real friends don’t do this. They are the ones with a mental illness. And a soul sickness.
The closing segment was so powerful that I had to consciously use willpower not to return to my Southern church roots and shout, "GLORY HALLELUJAH!" The knee-jerk response to criticism of "they're just jealous" is rarely factual, but in this case I think it has a lot of explanatory power. You are eloquent, courageous, and in possession of moral clarity. Many of your critics are, in fact, jealous.