Tradition gets away with lots of shit around here. Like, we had a racist incident at our high school a few years ago. By incident, I mean a large group of people celebrated the “tradition” of being assholes to the kids who aren’t white. Yelled stuff at them. Waited outside school every day—morning and afternoon—and threw things at them from their trucks adorned with Confederate flags. They didn’t throw rocks, no. Balled-up pieces of paper. Snot loogies. Paper clips. Things that don’t count as dangerous. Safe things. Safe hate. Tradition. You can say what you want so long as you’re not throwing
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