It was made at great personal cost, but your brave testimony has had incalculable benefits for the country at large Dear Dr Christine Blasey FordI am writing to thank you. No matter how harrowing your experience, no matter what the US Senate does in the weeks to come, you have achieved something profound in its power and impact, something that benefits all of us. For there are two arenas in which your words will reverberate – the Senate, and the immeasurably vast realm of public discourse and societal values. Even if your words, like Anita Hill’s, are discounted in the former, they will echo in the latter for a long time to come. Continue reading…
Via: Dear Christine Blasey Ford: you are a welcome earthquake | Rebecca Solnit

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