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Dec. 16th, 2018 10:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pallas_athenaThe other night I found out that a friend-of-a-friend was an actual white nationalist. The tedious, grotesque, necessary process of going through their page and screenshotting all their shit left me feeling rather worn, and with a lot less patience for the hey-just-playing-devil's-advocate types.
So right now I'm feeling intensely grateful for the good people. I'm not saying this in the illusion that any of us are perfect, but you're just really... good, you know? You show up. None of us get everything right-- I certainly don't-- but you keep trying, you keep fighting, you support others and you never stop doing that work. I honour and respect that more than I can say.
We live, right now, in dark times. And yes, we fight on. But one of the ways we survive is by finding areas of shared humanity-- whether years-long relationships or mere moments. Moments of kindness are what keep us human; the world absolutely stands or falls by people being kind when they don't have to be. That shared humanity can also take other forms: a battle joined; information passed on; a corrective note well given and well accepted.
Justice and mercy. War and love. Life and art.
I wish to hell the world were in better shape right now. But as it is, I'm glad to be doing this alongside you.
(Posted to Facebook 16 December 2018)
So right now I'm feeling intensely grateful for the good people. I'm not saying this in the illusion that any of us are perfect, but you're just really... good, you know? You show up. None of us get everything right-- I certainly don't-- but you keep trying, you keep fighting, you support others and you never stop doing that work. I honour and respect that more than I can say.
We live, right now, in dark times. And yes, we fight on. But one of the ways we survive is by finding areas of shared humanity-- whether years-long relationships or mere moments. Moments of kindness are what keep us human; the world absolutely stands or falls by people being kind when they don't have to be. That shared humanity can also take other forms: a battle joined; information passed on; a corrective note well given and well accepted.
Justice and mercy. War and love. Life and art.
I wish to hell the world were in better shape right now. But as it is, I'm glad to be doing this alongside you.
(Posted to Facebook 16 December 2018)