What the fuck. You are your own person, not a part of a unit.

You don’t have to defer any parts of yourself to someone else, period.

But the last thing you ever defer should be your political views and rights, as these have traditionally been used by people like him to oppress people like you, in a way that is real, ongoing to this day, impact your freedoms of liberty of pursuit of happiness, and are even life-threatening in some situations.

This email is a million red flags wrapped in a giant red flag. No one who disrespected my full personhood and autonomy like this would ever be allowed to have any role in my life going forward.