I wear a safety pin on my motorcycle jackets. Just that, but it has meaning. If somebody is being bullied or hassled or generally fucked with I'll stand for them. My promise.

A lot of people have wondered over the years about me and my best ex. Why we were even a couple to begin with. A very few people know that it's because we looked at society the same way-that the vulnerable needed to be protected. If not me, who? If not now, when?

She spent 32 years in what would be the toughest job imaginable. She was a CPS worker and ALL her clients were abused children. ALL. I can't even imagine that pain. It wasn't just her job, it was who she was. If she saw abuse, she stepped in. Every time. I went to hands a couple of times to protect her and the child in question.

So she understood when I 'went off the reservation' with a few people. I was fairly legendary for accosting people that parked in handicapped parking with out need. Went to hands a couple of times over that too.

I don't carry a gun all the time. But when I do it's for exactly one reason. To protect those that need it. No more than that. I've never even had it out.

So yeah. I understand. I'm with you on this. Completely.

If not me, who? If not now, when?