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We Need Love Now.

Get off your high horse.

Emily Bochette
Nov 14, 2016
Francis Marion University
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We Need Love Now.
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America has shown that people are quicker to hate than to love.

Minorities continue to be slapped in the face by every single person who voted for hate or did not vote against it. As a woman, as a member of the LGBT community, and as a human who believes in respect, I stand with every minority who is being hated. Every minority who is being told that they are not as important as the white and heterosexual men. I stand with everyone who does not have a voice that is heard through the cries of violence and the voice of privilege. I will try to speak with you.

Are you mad at me? Are you mad because you voted for our president elect? Are you mad that I seem to be speaking against you? I'm not speaking against you. I love you. I respect you. However, I do not respect your hatred. I do not respect that you voted for a team that has spoken out against my sexuality and who supports conversion therapy for me. I do not respect that you believe that my body is not my choice. I do not respect that you support xenophobia and you do not recognize the terror that minorities are feeling.

We need love. We are all humans. We are fearing for our life. We fear those who support hate. We are scared to walk down the street. We are scared to write articles like this. We are scared how you view us.

You need love, too. I get that. You need to be shown a love that you're not giving us right now. You need to be shown love that you weren't given. You need to be shown love that you seek when you comment on someone's Facebook post something condensending because the other person is scared for their life.

Yes, I have privilege. I'm white. I am trying to use this privilege to speak on this platform, because people of color are typically not listened to like I am. They need love right now. Tell them that you will be their voice. Tell them that you are a safe space right now. Tell them you love them.

Get off your high horse. You have privilege and if you can't see that, it is because of your privilege. Come down from your high horse and see the terror in our eyes.

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