Angela
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Not defending my fellow white people for getting their backs up when confronted by uncomfortable truths but they need to unlearn what is drilled into so many of us "No politics, or religion" "Not the time or place" etc. Nothing will change unless we learn to deal with why it makes us uncomfortable.
ManKillah Fruitface @FruitFacedFruitKace
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Elle Faba Prefers Bears to Humans
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In response to Angela.
Ooo. So much so! I have to admit I squirm a lot still.
01:02 PM - Jun 14, 2023
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Angela
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I do too but I've realized that so much of what I was taught about being polite and appropriate was really just to keep enforcing patriarchal white supremacy - don't ever rock the boat. Truth is we need to capsize the boat.
01:04 PM - Jun 14, 2023 (Edited)
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Linda Eisenstein
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In response to Angela.
This exactly. My friend's son doesn't want her to "talk politics" in front of his MAGA father-in-law. "Speak out!" I tell her, "or his BS doesn't ever get pushed back against. Your grandkids deserve to know there is one non-a$$hole they can turn to." So now she does.
05:21 PM - Jun 14, 2023
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Elle Faba Prefers Bears to Humans
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Very true! I'm sure being vocal was one of the reasons it was so easy for the previous place I worked to let my name go on the "reduction in force" list that happened early pandemic in Apr 2020. The mediocre white boys didn't like me pushing back on their views...
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