Was just in an environment with an entitled prick who’s never had to work a day in his life. (And if any of you think that is an indictment of people who have built wealth, you should show yourselves the door now. )
Discussion came to Dobbs, and it was all good. Civil society requires the ability to manage peaceful disagreements.
Issues of biology came up (and it was clear he had never opened a reproductive biology text in his life).
I said “I’m not sure you understand the biology here”.
He flew into a rage, angry that I had “questioned his intelligence in his own house”. (For reference, his entire educational background appears to be finance and estate planning)
Things grew heated, and it was time to go. I put on my shoes, grabbed my bag and my keys, and walked out the door.
A few feet out the door, he became offended that I was walking away, and grabbed me from behind and pulled me backwards.
Some of you have known me for awhile. For those of you that have, the next 20 seconds went exactly as you envision.
He does not to my knowledge require hospitalization, and neither of us are in jail.
I was told by witness later that he only grabbed me because he wanted to talk.
I’m going to offer advice to those of you who may be unaccustomed to dealing with conflict in the real world outside of social media :
When someone (and it doesn’t matter who, male or female) decides they’ve had enough of you and tries to peacefully walk away, there is absolutely nothing that you feel the right to say to them that entitles you to restrain them.
It’s just after midnight. I’m safe, I’m out of the situation, and there’s no chance I can be forced back into it.
I’m headed out to the desert to walk among empty spaces and stars. I promise to be safe, and that everything is ok.