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MBTI & Politicians Stacey Abrams: ENTJ

“Stacey Yvonne Abrams (born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, and novelist who served as Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.

A member of the Democratic Party, she was her party’s nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.

Abrams was the first black female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the history of the United States.

In February 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a State of the Union response, in reaction to President Trump.”

Way back in the early days, it was where black performers in Vaudeville were legendary for it in Jazz and Jive routines. At about 1:37, this is where the Nicholas brothers go off.

It’s just one creek. One trickle of water among millions. But people decided to care about that creek. A bunch of people, volunteers, got together and they cleaned several tons of trash out of the creek.

They got to work removing non-native plants from the creek banks and planting native trees.

They got a nearby water treatment plant to upgrade and stop polluting the creek.

They educate people and tell them about the fish and invertebrates that live in creeks and why they should care.

I think that it matters. I think that making sure your community has clean water matters. I think making sure one specific old lady’s house doesn’t flood matters. I think one stream where fish can live again matters. I think one patch of green space in a downtown area matters. If nothing else, it makes people’s lives less shitty, and that’s worthwhile in itself.

And I get it: It’s scary.

The internet can make you believe you have more in common with a group of fans of the same tv show, scattered across several continents, than the two dozen people who live on your block and the next.

And maybe you do, in some ways. But. If what’s bothering you - and those other two dozen people - is that the walk sign at the intersection is burned out and the green part never shows, so people don’t realize it’s “on” until it starts flashing red, and then they rush to get across and some of them get hit by cars…

And you know what? He didn’t know it didn’t work. And he ended up getting elected and the new city council isn’t even installed yet and that pedestrian crossing works now (it hadn’t worked for at least a year)! I have an email address that will reach the new city council person, and next time I find an issue like that I will absolutely email him. 

If you are comfortable going to city council meetings that’s great. If you aren’t, learn who your city council members are and how to make them aware of issues. Their job is to represent you. And if they won’t, vote for someone who will at the next election.

The man says:

I’m absolutely not going to consider parenting for the same reason that you’re talking about. I’m not going to use a child as a way to stretch my ability to grow as a person. What a gross thing to do. What a gross thing to do—what a gross amount of pressure to put on a child. Nope, I am not going to have children because I know that I wouldn’t be a good father, well aware of it. Well aware of it—I barely take care of myself. I’m not patient with myself, how am I gonna be patient with a child? And then when I make mistakes, have the luxury of saying, ‘Well, there’s no way to be a perfect parent, I did the best I could—’I mean you could have done a lot better, you could have not had me. That would of been—*laughs* anyway. I’m not going to consider it, I already considered it and I’ve come to a logical—and the Earth is on fire! But anyway, I’ve come to a logical conclusion to not have children because I’m incapable of doing so ‘cause I don’t have that type of patience. I know that I don’t. And I’m not going to torture a child so that I can learn how to get it.

me every time: oh my god part of this character’s arc is them learning how to be loved and cared for