Watching Sunday Morning yesterday and one of the segments was titled, ‘Agree to Disagree’. It was about the power of conversation, getting people together to thoughtfully discuss difference and I was frustrated with the Kumbiya vibe. Sometimes it’s not just a difference of opinion, it’s standing up for human rights and challenging hate and bigotry. Denying someone’s humanity isn’t an opinion, it’s hate speech; thinking that people who are different colours, ethnicities, sexualities, genders, are less than you isn’t so et we can agree to disagree on. Bigots need to be challenged and sanctioned when they spew their shit, full stop.
Denying people access to services and jobs because you think they’re less valid than you must stop. Those views must be challenged and smashed. The world can’t move forward until we are all equal.
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