As things begin to unravel here in LA, in the US, around the world: it’s hard to know who to listen to. It’s hard to know friend from foe. That seemingly safe protest image may be someone else’s strategy to point our own weapons at us.
First of all, anyone putting protest messages on FB or IG is a fool. We all know who runs those platforms.
I also had a thought, one that I debated stating publicly: I wondered to my self why there weren’t more demonstrations in the suburbs? Aren’t the suburbs the places that racists flee to? Would’t that make a bigger impact?
Terrified of the ramifications of posting this thought on FB/IG, I turned to Twitter. A very dear friend (whom I’ve always known was a conservative, and we’ve always been able to respectfully disagree on our political views) posted this reply to my musing:
I thought about my response, I thought about deleting it, and then eventually chose to leave it up.
The reply speaks for itself. As for my friend, I thought (given our relationship, and for literally no other reason) she deserved a reply. I said, “Fair enough”.
She ‘hearted’ it.