How we respond to hate can literally change the conversation.
[You've probably seen this bigoted post going viral. Well, someone wrote the perfect response.](
There's a post that conservatives are sharing on Facebook that aims to make it seem like they are tolerant people, but they've been pushed to the point where they've decided to become a bigot.
Who pushed them too far? The LGBT community, people of color, liberals, and immigrants.
The post is clearly a total "Sorry, not sorry," post that attempts to have things both ways. It essentially says, "I was tolerant of those who aren't white, straight, and conservative, but I've become intolerant of them because they are destroying my way of life."
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[Stray dog kept visiting car dealership. So, they gave him a job and his own employee badge.](
I know some people use the term "work like a dog" to describe the effort they have put forth. Perhaps out of respect they should be more careful with their words. Some dogs do not stop until they reach the top. Meet Tuscan Prime: canine, and Hyundai Prime's newest employee, as in badge and everything (although it is still unclear whether he has filled out the equivalent of a W-4 form).
According to Bored Panda, it all started when the employees of the Brazilian car dealership took notice of a stray dog spending some time around the building. At first everyone thought he was just passing through, but the pup soon to be known as Tuscan Prime had other ideas. On one fateful rainy night, showroom manager Emerson Mariano ushered the poor guy in from the wet conditions and offered him food, water and shelter. The bond between the two was instantaneous. It was then that Mariano had the idea to make him their mascot.
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[Over 1 million people in the U.K. have quit smoking cigarettes because of the coronavirus](
Smokers in the UK are quitting at a record pace. As of July, ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) reported that over one million people living in the United Kingdom have given up smoking due to COVID-19.
Because the virus attacks the respiratory system, it has given smokers a moment of pause which could very well translate to a permanent stop of the highly addictive habit. In May of 2020, The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco published the results of a study showing that people with a history of smoking are almost twice as likely to develop severe symptoms from COVID-19. In fact, out of 11,000 patients 30% had symptoms that escalated to a more severe or even critical level. On the ASH website their Chief Executive, Deborah Arnott says, "Over a million smokers may have succeeded in stopping smoking since COVID-19 hit Britain, but millions more have carried on smoking. This campaign is designed to encourage those who've not yet succeeded, to wake up and decide today is the day to stop smoking."
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[Woman uses Democratic Convention speech to argue father's support of Trump cost him his life](
Kristin Urquiza isn't running for the House of Representatives or the Senate. She isn't a governor or up-and-coming mayor. But her speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention was one of its most moving.
Kristin lost her father, Mark, in June to COVID-19. In her speech, she shared how it wouldn't have happened if President Trump and his "mouthpieces" spoke honestly about the seriousness of the pandemic.
"He had faith in Donald Trump," she said. "[He] listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said that coronavirus was under control and going to disappear; that it was OK to end social distancing rules before it was safe and that if you had no underlying health conditions."
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[Widespread praise for Michelle Obama's convention speech aboundsâeven from Fox News](
If you missed Michelle Obama's speech during the opening night of the Democratic National Committee convention, you truly missed out. In a prerecorded speech, the former first lady managed to hit just the right balance of empathy and honesty that's so badly missing from most of politics today. The fact that she's not a politician and doesn't even particularly care for politics, yet has a more intimate knowledge of the job of President of the United States than most, makes her a powerful voice at this juncture.
And she used that voice to speak directly to the American people, to call on our better angels and explain why this election matters. She pointed out that Joe Biden knows how to bring back an economy and beat back a pandemicâhe helped do both during his eight years in the vice presidency. And in a somewhat uncharacteristic move, she explicitly named Donald Trumpânot pointing to his many character flaws, his problematic policies, and the thousands of lies he has told, but making the simple case that he has proven he can't do the job we need him to do.
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