Dear those who maligned me, but didn't silence me,

Thank you for those who called me "stupid head" in kindergarten. Thank you for the punches I took from older kids as a first grader. Thank you for the creative insults that I received from grades 5-8. Thank you to girlfriends that cheated, the best friends that lied, and the family who accused me off wrong-doing. This is my open thank you to anyone whoever did me wrong but didn't try to silence me.

Apart of becoming a adult is growing up and through growing up, we as humans put up with a lot of crap, especially other humans crap, metaphorically speaking. Learning however to become a functional human is key, and productivity of functional humans has begun to shrink in the past decade. I myself and other's have noticed that safe spaces being demanded by college students is becoming a popular thing in the news. A large number of University students picket and have fought for their safe spaces so that anything they don't want to hear, won't be heard. Essentially these so-called "safe spaces" are created to violate our First Amendment right.

Only weeks ago in Michigan at the University of Michigan, students called the police, to report they felt unsafe because of a pro trump chalking on one of the universities walkways. The students were never verbally threatened, nor were they ever physically threatened by any Trump supporters, these students felt they had endured emotional and mental warfare by the simple chalking "Trump 2016". This is the most recent of what I refer to as "Cry Bully Affairs."

As members of this Republic we live in, the United States, there are and will be people who will disagree with what we believe in. There will as well be people who have the exact same beliefs we have and those who ride the line of agreement and dissension. It is not my job or anyone's job EVER to silence anyone because of their and my conflicting beliefs.

I understand as an adult that things will not always go my way. I understand that even still as university student I will be made fun of. I understand that there is nothing I can do to control the words that come out of people's mouths or change the thoughts on people's minds or to change people's opinions, and I'm content with that.

So again to those whom had maligned me and now to those who read this, I thank you the Maligners for your part in shaping me as a functional human who doesn't quiver at the thought of disagreement. I am thankful that I talk to someone don't agree with and not have to call the police, especially because I'm pretty sure I would get arrested if I did so otherwise.

Thank You Again,

Matthew Scully