You know how right wing media runs off of BIG SCARY EMOTIONS instead of fact?
Left wingers do this too. Except instead of "THEY'RE EATING THE CATS AND DOGS" it looks like:
"No one else will ever accept you."
"You're too oppressed to be understood by anyone but us."
or
"Anyone outside our group is dangerous."
Check in with yourself about how online communities make you feel.
Do they make you feel hopeful, or hopeless? Connected, or isolated? Accepted, or tolerated?
Do they encourage you to think for yourself, and use critical thought? Or do they ask you to accept without thinking and toe the line? Is there open communication, or are differing opinions bullied into silence?
Beware of anyone who tries to isolate you.
Beware of anyone who tells you no one else will ever love you like they will, that no one else will ever accept you.
Beware of anyone that tells you life is nothing but pain, or that there is no hope.
Hopeless, lonely people are easily controlled.
I know things are scary right now. I'm scared too.
Look out for people who WANT you scared.
Try to find spaces that make you feel like change is possible. Look for people who make you feel empowered to do something!
Look for the helpers.
"Beware of anyone who tries to isolate you. Beware of anyone who tells you no one else will ever love you like they will, that no one else will ever accept you." "Hopeless, lonely people are easily controlled."
^THIS!!!!
There are many valid reasons to be angry, or scared right now. But don't give up on hope, and don't let anyone isolate you.
Keep healthy boundaries. Find communities that aren't just in a constant state of doom. Find communities who also help and support one another, and who act in ways to help facilitate meaningful change in the world. And for the love of all that is good, please stay away from people who would weaponize your trauma/pain in order to control you whilst otherizing someone else!























