I had resolved to remove myself from Twitter permanently, but I realized that I can& #39;t do that just yet. I can& #39;t do that without apologizing to my black tweeps who were disappointed. I am truly sorry.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to make me understand. /1

Thank you for recognizing in me a person who is capable of learning from her mistakes. Discussion and conversation, as well as being able to see the fundamental decency in others, is the only way we& #39;ll build a better future. /2

I& #39;m going to leave this up here for a couple of days in hopes that all the people who need to see it will see it. I didn& #39;t want to leave it like that, not after all these years of fighting the good fight. /3

Also, I& #39;d like to add that I know I handled this poorly by jumping off. But I was in a bad mental space, and MAGA and https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌹" title="Rose" aria-label="Emoji: Rose"> found the post and most of the & #39;discussion& #39; I was seeing was insincere and harassing, so I doubled down. But people reached out and explained. /4

With distance, good conversation, and, well, sobriety, I came to understand that I didn& #39;t exactly cover myself in glory. And I came to understand that I hurt people I& #39;ve come to care about. I couldn& #39;t leave it like that.

Again, I apologize. Sincerely and deeply. /5