BREAKING NEWS...
The secret base for the Counter.Social servers, and the home of @th3j35t3r, has been discovered off shore in Canada.
Anti-racism work can stem from anger and rage about the state of the world ... that goes without saying ... but using rage to defeat rage isn't the way.
Using violence to counter violence or grooming others in order to combat grooming ... is madness. This is the pit you have been staring into turning you into itself.
You cannot have grace for others when you teach your followers that anyone "other" is the enemy in ANY circumstance. It just creates a new kind of -ism that creates division.
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As I drive to work, I pass a rustic old shed right by the corner of the road. A patch of sunflowers has grown immediately in front of it, wedged between the building and the curb.
Every day, the tall flowers bob and weave with the breeze stirred by the cars rushing past.
The flowers appear to be waving and cheering us on.
Their yellow faces, contrasted with the painted wood behind them, bring me joy.
💛 🌻
Good morning, CoSo!
None of us lives a stress-free life. Stress may be invisible, but it's very real, and it's not just something "weak" people have to worry about. The overall level of stress you can bear and the peak level are very different things; don't convince yourself that because you can handle a lot over a short period of time you're capable of dealing with that indefinitely. You need the time out. You need a refuge. Don't accept unending intolerable stress as a way of life.
I guess for the rest of my life, every time I encounter the word "warlock", I will immediately remember the dude at the bar 25 years ago who started off his flirtation by saying, "Are you a witch? Because I'm a warlock." (The equivalent of saying, "Are you a Christian? Because I'm a Satanist.") He then rambed on a minute before saying, "There ain't nothing wrong with this, baby." While he stripped to his whitie tighties and swung his shirt above his head. He went home alone.
Nature, science, and art are super cool. Terribly sorry for the stuff that doesn't fit.
She/they cishet.