As someone extremely well-versed with the English language and its use as well as its Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes, these words are ones that I do not really understand nor would I ever truly be able to even with a stack of dictionaries (or Google.) For these words hold far more gravity than any definition could possibly provide, sorry Meriam-Webster. When it all comes down to it, all of these words (homophobia, transphobia, ageism, racism, sexism, and able-ism) are about embracing hate and division. These words are about searching out the aspects that make each human different from each other and turning those unique qualities into labels that divide instead of unite.
Our unique identities based on our lived experiences and who we are as individuals should never be used to divide and conquer. Instead, we need to unify to keep our democratic freedoms that allow for self-expression, free speech, and equality as well as expand into areas that still need further growth. As an unified force, we need to raise our voices above the cacophony of hate and oppression to uplift a faltering nation. Expressing how wrong, unjust, and flawed any action or speech is, is not an act of hate. It is an act of courage. It is an act of love.
So although this grassroots movement is loud and definitely a protest, it is not one of hate. The movement (and various others like it) is not one of division. Instead, this movement is founded on unity and love.
“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr., Washington National Cathedral, March 31, 1968
~R&R
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Forward together — not one step back! 💙✊
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