it was said at a 2015 WH conference on aging. he expressed the thought at other times, too. Yahoo seems to suggest he attributes the thought to a gay professor he had, who modeled empathy and kindness to him.
To be clear, having a role model that is empathetic and kind is what’s needed. Looking for that in a particular flavor of humanity is… unnecessary. There are, IMO, rather few flavors of humanity in which you can’t find those qualities. (not saying it’s universal, but it’s not something tied to race or creed or generic social constructs. Except fucking nazis and their ilk. we won’t get into that.)
it was said at a 2015 WH conference on aging. he expressed the thought at other times, too. Yahoo seems to suggest he attributes the thought to a gay professor he had, who modeled empathy and kindness to him.
To be clear, having a role model that is empathetic and kind is what’s needed. Looking for that in a particular flavor of humanity is… unnecessary. There are, IMO, rather few flavors of humanity in which you can’t find those qualities. (not saying it’s universal, but it’s not something tied to race or creed or generic social constructs. Except fucking nazis and their ilk. we won’t get into that.)