Trump didn’t divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames.
– DaShanne Stokes
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- I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures. I divide the world into the learners and nonlearners. – Benjamin Barber
- He towered over the Queen with his wings fanned out. Azrael realized he was threatening her, like a pea???? intimidating its adversary. – AJ Flowers
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- America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. – Alexis de Tocqueville
- Don’t go to sleep doused in hatred.Instead go to sleep snuggled in love. – Anthony T Hincks
- I guess we’re oil and water. (Phoebe)I’d say we’re more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan) – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- You need to calm down.’Saying this to a man who may already be fired up is like adding gasoline to the fire. – Mark Merrill
- She’d just thrown gasoline on the fire. Now it was up to fandom to keep it burning. – Danika Stone
- The fire that had been raging inside her ever since she met him, ever since she left him, was now having gasoline thrown on top of it–by the gallon. – TA Grey
- Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. – Edward Abbey
- Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. – Edward Abbey
- Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow. – Alice Sebold
- Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That’s no way to live. – DaShanne Stokes
- A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence. – DaShanne Stokes
- Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity. – DaShanne Stokes
- Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads. – DaShanne Stokes
- Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic. – DaShanne Stokes
- No matter their party, people with a conflict of interest should be banned from the Electoral College. – DaShanne Stokes
- Today’s ‘religious freedom’ policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all. – DaShanne Stokes
- Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn’t change. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now. – DaShanne Stokes
- We must speak truth to power and confront ignorance with facts. – DaShanne Stokes
- Saying it’s hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it’s difficult being wealthy. – DaShanne Stokes
- Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard. – DaShanne Stokes
- Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it’s ‘tradition. – DaShanne Stokes
- Calling for an end to hate shouldn’t be treated as a punishable offense. – DaShanne Stokes
- What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege? – DaShanne Stokes
- Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud. – DaShanne Stokes
- Lies sound like facts to those who’ve been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth. – DaShanne Stokes
- People often call fighting discrimination being ‘PC’ because they don’t want their own unearned privileges challenged. – DaShanne Stokes
- There is nothing ‘honorable’ or ‘reasonable’ in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate. – DaShanne Stokes
- When we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all. – DaShanne Stokes
- The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that’s the minute bigotry wins. – DaShanne Stokes
- Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It’s progress. – DaShanne Stokes
- It’s illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections. – DaShanne Stokes
- Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves. – DaShanne Stokes