Ask yourself: Am I truly standing with the people I say I care about? Do I value their lives enough to take action? (6/6)

“Let’s agree to disagree” doesn’t work when the disagreement is about someone’s humanity. That’s not a difference of opinion; it’s a difference in values. If your values include justice, love, and equity, your politics should reflect that. (5/6)

Relationships that avoid politics often avoid the truth. When you ignore or are “indifferent” to systems of power, you ignore part of someone’s lived experience. (4/6)

Why wouldn’t you want the people you love to have the same rights, safety, and dignity as you? Politics isn’t just an opinion, it’s impact. (3/6)

You can be kind or nice to someone, but the bigger question is, are you advocating for them? Advocacy is love in action. It’s not enough to be “nice” if you stay silent about harm. (2/6)

For context, I heard two students verbally abuse each other because they have the same labubu and apparently, it was the biggest betrayal of their lives.

Also, they are all over social media.

You can’t just pick and choose aspects of a culture that you like and then ignore the humanity of the people of that culture. (2/2)