Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Wew.
2016.
It was a helluva' year, am I right?
There's no way last January, I could have imagined all that would transpire. The frenetic pace I witnessed the world fall into madness was heartbreaking, and a little frightening, to say the least. My brain is so fried at this point, trying to list all the events that unfolded from memory, would only serve to give me a migraine: Venezuela, Greece, Syria, France, Germany, Sweden, Brexit, Pulse Nightclub massacre, Black Lives Matter, The Presidential Election, The Murder War on Law Enforcement,WikiLeaks, on and on and on...Well, you remember. You saw it too. And, it's not over...
So, I'll just make this short and sweet:
As it was, I'd already been banned from Facebook, and Twitter had put me in "the naughty corner", cutting me off from any interaction on The Twat at all. It wasn't bad enough that I was sad, scared and lonely, given all that was happening in the world, but I was being punished. Punished for wanting nothing more than a voice. Just..people to talk to. And, I didn't really care if I had
everyone's attention, but when one shouts from beneath a bell jar so often, the carbon dioxide begins to build, poisoning it's prisoner. As the suffocation began to induce panic, I behaved as I believe anyone in that situation would--I began to beat against the glass. So loudly, in fact, that I did catch the attention of one person.
On August 29, 2016, after months of growing more despondent, grieving the loss of connection, I received a one sentence direct message. It read: "e-mail?" It was from Andrew Torba. Torba, the CEO and founder of a new social media site called Gab.ai, then send me an invitation to join this new adventure. I jumped, like a frog, straight into it. What I then discovered was that I had not only been given the freedom to express myself, but that there were others on Gab, who had been awarded the same.
ALL others, in fact. And the best part of it all is, we are allowed to talk to one another. Allowed to
Speak Freely. The bell jar had been lifted!
There were some personal growth lessons I had to learn along the way. Some were delightful. Some others ended in sorrow. But, presently, I don't have a single regret for any minute I've spent discovering the wonderful people of the
#GabFam. Not a single one.
Having said all that...I'd like to give a shout out to all these people who have made my life all the better. You have my heart, and I truly owe you each a great debt of
#Gabitude. I truly love each and every one of you.
(apologies for any omissions. Not intentional, it's just...my mind is mush right now. Must have been all the turkey.)
Now, let's go out there and kick some more ass.
@a @e @Amy @rose @EMT1372 @SmithTx @renovak @evilme @agustus @ever @lp @Gray_Dreams @Alphonse @Aristotle @Brittney @Annelise @Amber @Don @OG @DeltaWhiskeyTemplar @Ctomp513 @redacted @SmartGrunt @qq @Ace_Uncensored @Caro @lovelymissaubry @Laughing_Ginger @sethferree @HenryTudor @Jaycephus @Superman @TacticalDissent @evilme @TimC @TomT @roberto @TheRealZonKuthon
Lastly, but firstly,
I'd like to thank Gab.ai.
We asked, you delivered. And now, we can't be stopped.
Best wishes for the coming year..and for whatever's coming next.
Yours deplorably,
@Keely
