At the risk of sounding dour and unpleasant, it sure feels like all of the people who hate are unified. It feels like they've been given the excuses they need to demonize, and have turned their sights toward labeling anyone "Other" as a harasser, a cultist, a groomer, ect., and folks are just inclined to believe them. It's depressing.
It's particularly depressing, and incredibly scary, to have to face that alone. I'm not strong enough. And yet, there's no alternative.
One of the pieces of advice I keep seeing is that "together we make it through". The importance of community, how we can support and strengthen our own.
Do that for each other. Please, I'm begging you to help each other. You're all you've got. As someone with no community (and no hope to ever have one), I want you all to thrive and flourish, and I know how hopeless it is alone.
Lift each other up. Please help each other.
