To Doug Jones and the people of Alabama: Thank you
2017 has been a bad year in the United States of America. Actually it goes back a little further...to November 8. 2016.
It seems there has been a Breaking News moment every day. We reached a new low yesterday. Our sitting president slut-shamed a sitting United States Senator. He basically called her a whore. Hopefully that's rock bottom but we always say that and no can be sure. Whenever Trump does things like this he takes away the dignity of the most powerful office in the world. He takes away our dignity.
Even worse, it normalizes extreme beliefs and disgusting behavior. It normalized groups like the KKK and other white supremacists. It made them think that their views were now acceptable. It brought out people like Roy Moore who thought his beliefs and behavior made him qualified to become a United States Senator. He thought it made him qualified to represent us.
The great news is the people of Alabama showed him he was wrong.
If you believe that Muslims should not serve in Congress, that members of the LGBTQ community shouldn't have equal rights, that the time of slavery was a better time, that Jews are ruining the country for God-fearing folks, that sexual harassment is okay, and that men in their 30's should be dating fourteen year old girls, then last night was a bad night for you.
In a state that hasn't gone blue in decades, Doug Jones and the people of Alabama showed us that those things aren't acceptable in 2017. We knew that all along. They just reinforced it.
Last night was a great night in the United States of America. To Doug Jones and the people of Alabama...thank you, thank you, thank you. Roll Tide!
Last night we got a lot of our dignity back.
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