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There’s a meme going around Facebook for survivors to write “me too” to call attention to the issue of sexual harassment and assault.
Look, from one survivor to another, I will say this as clearly as I know how.
You owe no one your pain. You owe no one your story. You have every right to shout it from the mountaintops if you are ready and you feel moved to do so… but you are under no obligation to share that part of yourself if it doesn’t help you to do so.
You have suffered enough.
It’s okay to take care of yourself however you need. If that means adding your voice to the rousing chorus of “me too” that we’re hearing right now, feeling strength in the commiseration of those who’ve been through similar, compassion from those who haven’t, good. Please don’t stay silent if you feel moved to speak.
If you are not in a place where you can add your voice, or you can’t stand the idea of another person adding their opinion to your story, or you just don’t want to? Know you’re not alone in that either, and that you don’t owe it to anyone to join the chorus.
(I’m glad a lot of people are coming forward. I hate that people feel pressured to put themselves out there that way.)
A descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee has stepped down as pastor of his North Carolina church after facing blowback over his comments denouncing racism and lauding the Black Lives Matter movement.
“My name is Robert Lee IV; I am a descendant of Robert E. Lee, the Civil War general whose statue was at the center of violence in Charlottesville. We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism and hate. As a pastor it is my moral duty to speak out against racism, America’s original sin. Today, I call on all of us with privilege and power to answer God’s call to confront racism and white supremacy head-on. We can find inspiration in the Black Lives Matter movement, the women who marched in the Women’s March in January and especially Heather Heyer who died fighting for her beliefs in Charlottesville.”
Dang, son.
They didn’t go to church to hear the truth about themselves. Or follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. They go to church to mingle with their fellow demons and pretend that they’re good people because they show up every Sunday to the same building in their nice clothes.
Good for him.
“Don’t go through life on your tippy toes. Don’t be the one just slip by without disturbing anything. Life is meant to be lived, action is meant to occur, and dreams are meant to be pursued. Don’t be scared to shake things up, for we only have one life to live.”
