We're, what 10 days in? I have lost my whole taste for White Wokers - how I refer to White Allies, for obvious reasons. I had the whole diatribe I went on when I started to respond. I went O.F.F.

I can take hostility. I can take a fuck you like a champ. I can take a disagreement at any place along the spectrum: chill to nuclear. I cannot - CAN NOT - take a victim. Flat out REFUSE (see - here I go again).

That emotional hijacking is so foul, I flip. F.L.I.P.

WTF are you apologizing to me for?

What do you expect me to say?

Why do you think I care that you are sorry?

If we are doing feelings now, get TF in line? There are about 14M people ahead of you.

I don't KNOW you - how does this make sense?

Oh, so we're placeholders now? Any Black person in the storm?

You know I'm not going to pretend like you are doing this for anyone but you, right?

"I am sorry we're assholes" or whatever, Shelby? Not an apology.

And ARE you sorry, Shelby? ARE YOU REALLY?

Why do you think words are so magical? Think that's what an apology is? Words? F-outta here with that.

Hand to God, I DO NOT do confessions. Stop!

And don't LET a fool get MAD that I'm unmoved. "Hey, dude, you dropped this." It gets REAL real, real fast. B/C we BOTH know I have no idea what TF you are speaking of. You getting your nose bent out of shape means you walked right into this joint expecting *something.* Guess what that's not, Bradley - it rhymes with "an apology."

Yeah, so, I can't. It's like someone handing you what looks like an amazing slice of cake. Looks moist. It's your FAVE kind. You look around, everybody's smiling. First bite? All frosting.

Not having it. That's a hard no, right out of the gate.

LOL - my blood pressure just jumped 10 pts, thanks MK.