Whenever People Come With "they're From A Different Era" Defending Old Racists And Homophobes And Transphobes,

Whenever people come with "they're from a different era" defending old racists and homophobes and transphobes, I always point to Betty as an example of someone choosing to grow with the world around them. Betty was on the right side of most of the history and change she lived through. There are no excuses. As long as you are alive, you have a responsibility to society to learn and be better. You don't get to decide when you've had enough because ideas that are new to you make you uncomfortable.

And no I'm not saying Betty was a Saint. She was 99. I'm 1000% sure she's said or done something problematic- we ALL have and will and in 2022, I hope the internet gets that. But the gift of age is that Betty was able to grow and be better and show what she's learned.