Connie Schultz: The Many Lessons of Megan Rapinoe

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The Many Lessons of Megan Rapinoe
By Connie Schultz
July 11, 2019 5 min read

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"I think that I would say that your message is excluding people. You're excluding me. You're excluding people that look like me. You're excluding people of color. You're excluding, you know, Americans that maybe support you.

"I think that we need to have a reckoning with the message that you have, and what you're saying about Make America Great Again. I think that you're harking back to an era that was not great for everyone. It might have been great for a few people and maybe America is great for a few people right now, but it's not great for enough Americans in this world, and I think we have a responsibility, each and every one of us, you have an incredible responsibility as, you know, the chief of this country to take care of every single person, and you need to do better for everyone."

Mercy.

As I write this, Trump has yet to respond to Rapinoe's message, and we know he wants to. Megan Rapinoe is virtually everything Donald Trump hates in a woman.

She is strong.

She is loud, and outspoken.

She swaggers and swears, and wears her hair in colors dictated by whim, not Vogue.

She is openly gay — and a tireless champion for LGBTQ rights and civil rights. She has kneeled during the playing of the national anthem in solidarity with black Americans and refused to sing the song at the World Cup. She knows that patriotism is not obedience, but rather an opportunity to help our country live up to its promises.

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"It's our responsibility," she said, "to make the world a better place."

She ended her speech with a swear word, which set Twitter on fire again, in a good way.

You see why he hates her.

Which brings us to one more reason why Rapinoe is inspiring. Her every public moment is a tutorial for girls and women on how to handle guys who try to shame or bully us. This happens only with our consent, and on that, Megan Rapinoe's message is clear:

Permission denied.

Swear if you want to.