Ok I lied.

I'm not going to bed. I have one more thing to say.

Please, please hear me.

We who were born and/or raised in America ....

We grew up in a system that taught us things

Some of which were great and some of which are so very wrong.

And a lot of us know this. So we try to learn from each other.

You might realize - I have to be anti-racist,
anti-ableist,
anti-homophobic,
anti-transphobic...

(I'm tired, I'm forgetting stuff because my privileged background permits me to, my apologies for not being inclusive. Please do jump in and correct me.)

SO HERE IS THE PROBLEM.

We all know who the big monsters are.

The white supremacist terrorists.

The hood-wearing cross-burners.

The hate-mongerers.

The inciters.

We know the villans.

But.

We could kill these monsters while they are tiny and almost harmless.

While the damage could be limited.

So the question is where do we find the little tiny monster before it grows?

The hard truth is, like the brother in the video I keep tweeting said, it's easy to blame that... person in the White House.

But we've been

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And crying.

And dying.

This has been going on my whole life.

I'm glad to see you now...

But I really want to know where you were when this was "economic anxiety."

I'm not saying this like "oh my problems are your fault" or any BS like that.

I want to know why you didn't hear us then.

And I want to know why it is so hard to see that if you had seen us then?

We wouldn't be here, now.

Because if you don't see it?

If we don't all see it?

Even if we find our way out of this mess it is a round trip ticket.

If we win the Presidential election or flip the Senate or both?

And get civically and politically lazy?

Or leave people behind again?

We're coming back here.

This cycle of history keeps repeating and repeating and it's starting to get bloodier.

So that's it. Look at yourself.

Because you're going to be tested.

Compassion for my pain is the easy part.

The hard part is going to be when somone's says " what you just said was racist AF."

Or I'll go on a rant about white feminism and you'll want to take it personally.

Or I'll ask you why you posted something I consider inspiration porn.

Your instinct will be to tell me to fuck off.

To block me and all my friends.

To tell me you feel attacked.

To center yourself in a discussion that has Nothing to do with you.

And I know because I have been tempted or have done ALL of those things.

When that moment comes.

For the love of everything good on Earth.

Instead of going into defensive mode?

Get up from your computer, or put down your phone.

Go for a walk.

Cool off. And just say. "Ok. I hear you. I want to do better."

And remember it's not that person's job to show you how to kill your own monster.

But let's please, everybody.

Kill your own monster.

No one else can.

(the video)

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