It needs to be said.

 (Disclosure: I'm Lori Gallagher Witt, and I'm an author under the pen names L.A. Witt and Lauren Gallagher. I've created a second blog for this post because I don't do politics on my author blog. This one may or may not get updated in the future. I'm not trying to hide my identity; that blog is more for promo and such. )     So my cousin posted a video the other day . I wasn’t going to respond to it, but I can’t let it go. If I don’t say something, no one will, and letting things like this slide is how it becomes accepted. I’m not pretending it’s acceptable in the name of keeping the peace. If this means family gatherings are uncomfortable going forward, then so be it, because they’re already going to be uncomfortable for me after hearing what was said on the video. You put yours on a public forum, and so too shall the rebuttal be. The awkward Thanksgiving gauntlet has already been thrown, SO HERE WE GO. An open letter to my cousin:           Here’s me givi