Point is this: everyone is tired and scared. My advice? Talk to the people who have the most to lose and really LISTEN. solidarity is not deciding you are wise enough to make decisions on their behalf, but leveraging whatever impact you can have for them.

What we can leverage changes depending on how the world and politics shifts; our goal should always be to follow the best advice of those with the most to lose.

I am a straight-presenting white lady with some social and political influence, however small

ICE isn’t coming for me.
The cops aren’t coming for me.
Nobody is legislating whether I’m allowed to exist as the person I am.

My political decisions therefore have to be based on the best advice of folk whose relatives are in detention or prison or gay conversion camps.

I don’t have to understand the background of the advice to heed it. Nor should I insist that someone explain it to me like I was six before I’m willing to believe that I don’t know what’s best for people whose lives are more at risk from the state.

The practice of solidarity usually involves the swallowing of a lot of ego, and if it doesn’t hurt you should ask yourself why it’s easy because you’re probably not going hard enough.