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Anti-fash. Live and let live.
A breathtaking view of the Sun's reflection on the Pacific Ocean seen from space.
Just imagine how wonderful life could be if you just accept all of those people around you. Celebrate every single person and their uniqueness.
Infinite diversity in all of those infinite combinations. đź––
No matter how mild you found your COVID infection in the past, we know that repeated infections raise your risk of hospitalization, organ damage, and death (https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2022/12/covid-reinfection). And for more than a year, dozens of studies have found COVID damages your immune system, impairing your body's ability to fight off other viruses.

The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.

👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.

I keep thinking about this 1995 passage from “The Demon-Haunted World” by Carl Sagan.
"What are the
things that you
can't see that
are important?
I would say
justice, truth,
humility, service,
compassion, love.
You can't see any
of those, but
they're the
guiding lights
of a life.
No matter how old I get, libraries continue to be the most magical places.
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.
—Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
Plenty of people have mental disorders and don’t praise Hitler or spread hate.
I’m human, not infallible. Pro-reason, rationality, empathy, community, collaboration. Anti-authoritarian. Can’t stand libertarian selfishness. Interests include UK and US politics, the arts generally and contemporary art in particular.
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