I deleted that tweet about the election of Trump being America’s worst mistake, because I immediately got piled on by people lecturing me about things they considered worse mistakes, and many of them were insulting about it. If you leave a tweet up that people are determined to take offense about, the piling on never stops.

Apparently this is supposed to be evidence that I’m blinded by white privilege because slavery is a much worse “mistake.” Well, first - the reason why I call the election of Trump a horrible mistake in the first place is because of his attacks on people of color, and his xenophobic rhetoric against Mexicans, Muslims, and others.

Second, is it right to classify slavery as a “mistake?” It was a horrible atrocity, and an enormous violation of human rights and morality, but “mistake” doesn’t seem to apply in my opinion. It wasn’t a mistake, it was the deliberate exploitation of human beings as property, and the US wasn’t the only nation that did it. It’s been a constant throughout human history. Calling it a “mistake” not only minimizes it, it’s a misuse of the word.

Anyway, I had to get that rant off my chest but there’s no point trying to explain this on Twitter while the outrage addicts are swarming at you. Easier to just delete the tweet, even though I don’t think it was wrong.