Call me treasonous, quote all the scriptures you like. I reserve the right not to applaud you and not to abide by your ordained dress codes or praying positions. I reserve the right not to keep my mouth shut or my pen silent. I’m a big girl now.

History is full of Yes, My Lords and Ja, Mein Führers and Certainly, Your Eminences and Holinesses. We should have learned the lesson by now.

“But he isn’t wearing anything at all!”
— From “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen

 
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