As you know, it’s been a tough week for anyone
who cares about civility and decency in this country. But amid all the darkness
there have been a few glimmers.
One is an update from the Red Hen restaurant in
Lexington, Virginia. That’s the small farm-to-table place that last June—in the
nicest possible way—asked White House Lying Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to
find someplace else to feed herself and the seven others in their party. This
triggered much popbead-clutching among the gap-tooth KFC set bemoaning how
vicious all the libtards are, followed by threats of violence, boycotts and a
lot of other things they couldn’t spell.
As I wrote, I went on the Red Hen’s website and
ordered
gift certificates, asking that they be sent to a local shelter for victims
of domestic violence. That seemed appropriate, given Sanders’ colleagues
propensity for committing battery on their partners.
Evidently I wasn’t alone, as noted in the
update I received a few days ago. Staff at the Red Hen have been busy
apportioning gift certificates among the shelter, food pantries and other local
worthy recipients.
(Whatever photos they reference did not make it through the email.)
I love that they’ve been able to turn their
principled stand on behalf of employees who are the targets of the vicious
policies emanating from the White House into a community of care. I’m glad they’ve
been recovering, and that I could be a part of it.
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