"Jensen deactivated her Facebook account, hidden her food truck, canceled her bookings..."

[Miles Archer]

12. There are moments of opportunity, and moments in which silence is the best solution

This ended up being a Milo Yiannopoulos moment for her...I have no idea what she was thinking or why she felt these were appropriate remarks to make on social media (or maybe she simply felt there would be no backlash), but like all of us, she has a right to free speech. The public is going to respond. She might have felt that she was being witty and topical and outrageous...I don't know. It was the wrong thing to say at the wrong time, and while "death threats" are always an extreme reaction to words, that's how society rolls. There are certain things that you simply do not say unless you are fully prepared to deal with the response.

We are an angry, agitated, divided, often frightened nation that is unsure of the future. We keep hoping that "Republican leadership" will, at some point, "do the right thing." And we hope for that without a shred of evidence that they will. We have no reason for that hope, it is misplaced. We have career politicians who care only about their own agendas, the checks they receive from certain "special interest" groups.

She now realizes that this wasn't the best move on her part. She's closed the barn door after all of the livestock escaped. The next time she feels the need to express similar thoughts, she might remember this and reconsider. I believe in free speech, and I also believe our words have consequences.