So I've been kicking myself for my cowardice since yesterday... and I guess it's about time I own up and say SOMETHING before I explode
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I agree. You really 'should' stand up for what you believe in... now, having said that, I'm not going to claim that it is the easiest thing to do, or even the most socially appropriate thing, but it's people like us who are the ones that will inevitably control the future and without our voice, without saying something to the ignorant, and without making it an issue, it will just die and drift away into a sea of forgotten causes. Without speaking up and making it personal, no one is going to take the time to think about it outside of the people coming by to recruit supporters. Our generation has become so numb to causes because they arent REAL to us. Darfur isn't wasn't helped because Darfur is thousands of miles away, and to be honest, I care about what happens to my family and friends before trying to add a whole other country onto my plate, but if you came up to me and told me your father used to live there and had to move away from the place he called home because his basic right to live was being threatened, I might take a
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It also reminds me of something a friend said to me once when I was talking about being scared of coming out to people:
"You don't offend them. Their reactions offend you."
=) Thank you for taking the time and energy to give me advice. <3 Whoever you are.
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