Stand up to It!
America has gotten into the habit of just sitting back and accepting it when people are rude or mean!
If we all stand up to it, we can do something about it!
If we all get together and stand up to it, together, as a group, we can do something about it!
If no one complains, no one will stand up to it!
Someone has to be the first person to start the process, the first person to complain!
If no one complains, no one will stand up to it!
So, if you see someone being mean, Complain about it!
Stand up to it!
The more we complain about it, the more people will be likely to get together and do something about it!
If we get together and refuse to deal with people who are mean, not fight them or get in their face, just say, you know what, I don't want to interact with you, if we all refuse to interact with people who are mean, we will make a difference! We can make life hard for the people who are being mean! Without fighting them! Just by refusing to interact with them! All of us! Together!
If we stand up together, without fighting them directly, we will make a difference!
And no one will stand up together to people being mean if no one complains!
So, if you see people being mean, complain!
Especially if it is in public, where there are a lot of people around! You will be safe!
If it is on the street and not a lot of people are around, it is better to let it go, to ignore it and be safe, but if you are around a lot of people in a public place, complain about it! You will be safe! There are a lot of people around!
The open, public places with a lot of people belong to us!
If you are in a public place, and you see people being mean, complain!
If no one complains, no one will stand up to it!
Together we can reclaim our civilization for kindness and decency!
And never accept the 'new normal'!
No crisis is a good excuse to stop being kind to people!
20 years ago we accepted that the 'war on terror' was the 'new normal' and now we are afraid all the time!
Stand up to fear! Do not accept the 'new normal'!
Precautions for the coronavirus are meant to be a temporary precaution that are meant to be abandoned once we are no longer in a global pandemic!
We will not always be in a global pandemic, just like it has been almost 20 years since there has been a terrorist attack by foreigners on the US!
Do not accept the 'new normal' as a lame excuse to be mean and stop making friends with people!
Do not accept the 'new normal' as an excuse to stop interacting with people!
Stand up to the 'new normal'!
Together we can reclaim our civilization for kindness and decency!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson