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I had the opportunity to overhear the open private feelings of a Christian religious conservative man in the Seattle area
He was not aware I could hear him
It was very disturbing to me but not for reasons you might expect
He was not aware I could hear him
It was very disturbing to me but not for reasons you might expect
I felt very sad for him
He was confused and frightened by the zeitgeist and afraid for his children to the point where he is planning to uproot his whole family to move to a more conservative area
Away from the place where his family has lived for generations
He was confused and frightened by the zeitgeist and afraid for his children to the point where he is planning to uproot his whole family to move to a more conservative area
Away from the place where his family has lived for generations
He was willing to take a significant pay cut and uproot his whole family’s lives to make this happen. That’s how afraid he felt.
He had some not so great things to say about trans and gay people too but it was in relation to what his children were being taught in school and in line with his religious beliefs
I don’t agree with his beliefs at all but it still makes me sad that he’s feeling so much fear
I don’t agree with his beliefs at all but it still makes me sad that he’s feeling so much fear
As someone who’s experienced generalized fear and anxiety simply for being who I am, I don’t want anyone to have to feel that way
And it was an interesting lens into the internal life of someone very different from me
I felt bad for him
And it was an interesting lens into the internal life of someone very different from me
I felt bad for him
I don’t have a point except that I wish we could collectively work on solutions to ensure that no one has to feel afraid or ostracized for their way of life or their beliefs
This is an important part of the value system that’s allowed me to live my life true to who I am
This is an important part of the value system that’s allowed me to live my life true to who I am
Why can’t we all just get along
Think of the children
Think of the children
Delighting in the suffering of your enemies is not an ideal anyone should aspire to
Even when evangelicals have been jerks to me I want them not to be jerks—not for them to suffer
Live by the sword and die by the sword and all that
I want a safe and happy world for everyone
Even when evangelicals have been jerks to me I want them not to be jerks—not for them to suffer
Live by the sword and die by the sword and all that
I want a safe and happy world for everyone
I watched that video of the cops shooting that guy in the back in Atlanta and it was appalling. He was just taking a nap in his car and they harassed him and then shot him when he ran.
I heard about those cops who were served bleach in their shakes and it was appalling.
I heard about those cops who were served bleach in their shakes and it was appalling.
I don’t want hurting and oppressing our enemies to be a norm
This sucks
This sucks
I don’t want any Americans to BE our enemies
How to get people to stop hating people different from them is probably the question I’m most interested in
Or at least not to seek to harm them
How to get people to stop hating people different from them is probably the question I’m most interested in
Or at least not to seek to harm them
Because this protects ME and this protects YOU
We need to solve this problem
We need to solve this problem
