Trending on twitter earlier today was the hashtag #ThingsIWontApologizeFor. To me this seemed like a very silly hashtag, and naturally I wanted to see what this conversation was all about. A lot of what people were tweeting about included not apologizing for being themselves.
#ThingsIWontApologizeFor (and you shouldn't either) pic.twitter.com/ZtNYxJ4yWl
— Kait 🌈 || 43 (@itzzkait) April 6, 2017
Being unapologetically me; being dope; showing my creativity; standing out; loving myself more than anyone else #ThingsIWontApologizeFor
— Mrs.JaeWhite (@MsJru1) April 6, 2017
#ThingsIWontApologizeFor : being a proud black woman, being intelligent and opinionated, loving myself first, & working towards my dreams.
— T.T. (@_TikiaT) April 6, 2017
In just these few tweets I understood that this hashtag was about standing up for who you are, what you believe in, and to stop feeling bad about what other people might think of you. Kudos to the person who created this hashtag.
I also saw that people where tweeting out that they aren’t sorry for who they voted for in the election. And were joining this conversation to let their followers know that they have no shame.
RT if you stand with Donald Trump and Neil Gorsuch #ThingsIWontApologizeFor pic.twitter.com/K994G4jbPp
— Eric Spracklen🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) April 6, 2017
I won't ever apologize for being deplorable 😉 #ThingsIWontApologizeFor pic.twitter.com/Pirydgr9LH
— roswell2001 gab too (@roswell2001) April 6, 2017
Then there were the silly tweeter users, the ones I was hoping to come across this whole time, that apologized for random things. Things that probably didn’t need to be apologized for in the first place, but more power to them for joining the conversation.
#ThingsIWontApologizeFor admiring this wonderful man.#JensenAckles pic.twitter.com/Rdg4yBXSKo
— Sunny Ackles Pie (@sunnymarch1978) April 6, 2017
#ThingsIWontApologizeFor Believing animals are better than most people.
— Marcus Reed (@MGSniper) April 6, 2017
These people are the real MVPs of this conversation.