I’ve not been able to stop crying for two hours, but it is tears of joy. I’ve waited so many years to see this news. 23 years I’ve waited. I cannot begin to describe what this means to the Huntington’s community.
One day I’ll write about what it’s like to grow up knowing you might have a terminal, incurable illness, and not be allowed to test yourself because “it’s such a serious decision” they don’t want it hanging over you until you’re an adult (as if it doesn’t hang over you as you witness a parent die, and know you’ve got 50% chance of inheriting the same illness–as do your siblings). One day, I will talk about how, in the fear of traumatising children with the knowledge they might be incurably, terminally ill, they also took away their right to decide over their bodies to a degree that is traumatising. One day.
But today I am going to cry. Because it’s over. Because no child will ever have to go through the same uncertainty, because at least they will know there is a treatment option available. A treatment option that one of my siblings might come to rely on. With all the shit things happening around us, my childhood hope and dream have been realised. That’s got to count for something.
Okay I kinda assumed that they might try to turn Charlie Kirk into a martyr but seriously what the fuck
Here’s a list of real things that have happened in the past 2 days:
He’s being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
JD Vance personally escorted his body back to Arizona in Air Force Two
All American flags both in the US and abroad are to be flown at half-mast for the rest of the week
Republican senators are calling for a statue of him to be built in the Capitol (quote: “we have one of MLK don’t we?”)
News anchors are sobbing live on television
The governor of Utah has pledged to give the shooter the death penalty
Vigils are being held nationwide
Evangelicals have been equating him with Jesus
In the House of Representatives a request for a prayer devolved into screaming that the Democrats killed him
The New York Yankees held a moment of silence before the game and proceeded to lose 12-2
People across the country are losing their jobs en masse for criticising him online
MSNBC’s political analyst was asked what created the environment for the shooting, said it could be his divisive rhetoric, and was fired on the spot
A UK student wrote “he got shot lol” in a private group chat and it made the news
The State Department announced that they will revoke the visas of foreign nationals who “praise, rationalise, or make light” of his death on social media
Tales of the Shire fulfills a true millennial fantasy: homeownership with a full pantry of healthy fresh food and the time to cook hardy meals. And no need to hoard money.
Punk band UK Subs were detained upon entering the US and kept locked up for 24 hours with little to eat or drink and no sleep before being sent back to London.
They had the correct paperwork for their visit.
Basically don’t bother going to the US folks, waste of your time and money.
