Reply #24: That some amazing contempt you have for "people." [View All]

[aquart]

Speak for yourself. You don't do a good job of speaking for "them."

Ask for yourself. Don't concern yourself with what you are imagining takes place in other minds, other homes.

If you speak up, you give someone else someone to stand beside.

But you can't worry about who will stand with you. And you can't tailor your "message" in hopes that will make them stand with you.

Stand up for yourself. If you haven't the courage to do that, you have some bloody nerve criticizing anyone else.