Lol update
I just got off the phone with my uncle who I mentioned in my previous post that I was “fucking annoyed” with. My mom gave me the phone as she was walking out and I didn’t want to take the call at first because I guess I didn’t want to have to hear him disagree with me in person or something. But I took the phone and said, “Hello.”
He talked to me about my posts and expressed his concern for my beliefs and explained his perspective. We young people wanna take a stand for something so we stand up for whatever the big issue is when we don’t really know the facts. That’s what he said. Is that so wrong of me to do, though? HAH I agree that I should know the facts, which is why I usually just shut up about anything important. But I guess I just feel like sitting back and staying silent does nothing..... which I do too often.
(I recently went to this forum in Atlanta that kinda opened my eyes and indirectly condemned my silence and inaction so maybe that’s why all of a sudden I’m doing what I’m doing.)
Posting stuff on social media is not exactly standing up for anything, but expressing our thoughts and perspectives. That’s the thing. We all have different perspectives and knowledge that affect our view on things—about what is right, wrong, unfair, whatever. So I’ve been sharing things that seem so clearly wrong/right to me, not thinking about how it may be incorrectly portrayed in the first place. But in my head, I wasn’t doing anything wrong. Ugh.
Anyway, I started crying on the phone. So embarrassing. God, I’m emotional. Which is why I wrote a form of the f-word in my previous post. I was writing out of my annoyance. This is my personal blog though that no one really sees so whatevz. And this is an update reflecting on my actions.
I feel better after talking with my uncle on the phone. Kinda just felt like he was attacking me over the internet, but he told me it wasn’t anything personal. Yeah, yeah, I know. I appreciate the call. We ended with, “Love you,” “Love you, too.” I’m no longer “fucking annoyed” with him.
K wait but I still believe #BlackLivesMatter has a place and importance.
