Maybe you don't want to punch Nazis because you don't want to punch anybody, but you want to do SOMETHING. That's fair. (I don't want to punch anyone either, though I've decided I will make an exception in the case of Nazis, but that is my choice, not yours.)<\/p>\n
Maybe you wouldn't mind punching Nazis, and there are no Nazis around to punch, but you feel you must to do something. Also fair.<\/p>\n
Here's what you do.<\/p>\n
Love somebody who needs it right now.<\/p>\n
Talk to the brown-skinned guy with the accent who, like you, is standing in the Home Depot, waiting to see if the employee can find any eclipse-rated welding goggle lenses in inventory.<\/p>\n
Tell your black or jewish coworkers how sorry and frustrated and goddamn ANGRY you are that this country has allowed this poison for so long, pretending it wasn't there. <\/p>\n
They will know what you mean. They've always known. We're the ones who've just figured it out, and shame on us.<\/p>\n
Find your lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, queer friends and ask them what they need. (Don't ask how you can help – don't make them do the mental labor of finding a place for self-important YOU in their trouble – ask them what they NEED and fit yourself to that.)<\/p>\n
If you don't have such friends, get out in the world and fucking FIX that.<\/p>\n
Love someone who needs it right now.<\/p>\n
Love someone who needs it, right now.<\/p>\n
Someone who isn't like you.<\/p>\n
Someone Other.<\/p>\n
There are a lot of them, and they need it right now.<\/p>\n
WE need it right now.<\/p>\n
If you need to do something. Do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maybe you don't want to punch Nazis because you don't want to punch anybody, but you want to do SOMETHING. That's fair. (I don't want to punch anyone either, though I've decided I will make an exception in the case of Nazis, but that is my choice, not yours.) Maybe you wouldn't mind punching Nazis, … <\/p>\n