If you feel various emotions – like rage – come up when you see someone display their ignorance with pride, I’d say, use it as a reminder to elevate your own voice.
This is what I talk about – giving a long example, I understand – in my video.
Without going into deeper deconstructions of one internet personality (maybe for another day?), I use one conversation to encourage you and myself to put some work into uncovering our smallness.
In the end – holy shit – if genocide apologists have no shame of speaking out, why would you self-censor yourself when there’s something you feel called to express?
It’s what I remind myself often. And it’s definitely part of that work to uncover and start repairing my smallness.
Find the conversation I mention in my video here.
Stay strong but keep your heart open ❤️
Justina
PS. Find my political work that I mention so often here.
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