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I am Not the Enemy
That’s less true for a lot of my contemporaries across the nation, however.
I am a cis-gendered straight white middle-aged man. What I see this country devolving into saddens and sickens me. As such, I am working on doing anything I can to help improve and change this situation.
Unfortunately, a lot of my contemporaries, i.e. other middle-aged white cis-gendered males, are the biggest part of this problem we have.
How so? Because they are not standing up to the racists, bigots, sexists, and various hate-mongers. Many of them are not actively choosing to work to be allies to women, LGBTQ individuals, people of color, or any of the other minority groups currently facing renewed attacks that should have long-ago ended.
Much of this is due to passivity. This is a choice to do nothing, and neither speak up for or against what is happening. Unfortunately, that passivity is contributing to the problem, and making my contemporaries look like…well, to be frank, assholes.
Because I am also a middle-aged white cis-gendered male, everything I say needs to be considered before I say it. This is not because I am avoiding controversy, but because I want to work as an active ally, and NOT be seen as the enemy.
