“i’m kind of a hegelian in that way, it’s very out of fashion i know but *shrugs*” :)

“i couldn’t do that research today. my political dispositions haven’t changed along with the rest of the country, i’ve become more polarized and more extreme in my positions, and i couldn’t be as open-minded today, i’d be more offended”

“ideally you’d go in receptive instead of resentful. but because i’m aware of who funds which politics in this state and have seen such devastation, so up close in precisely the worlds i care about the most, im not in the right place to do something with people i consider hellbent on ruination”

“i do work on post-genocidal states, and i come from a place where people who commit genocide are understandable and explainable and can be forgiven and are people exactly like me. i have a much harder time right here right now because i live in this state”

“it’s a very unfair, immoral philosophical position i embrace” GANG SHIT QUEEN

“a lot of the time, you’re just sort of winging it”