you tell me to cool it
you tell me to control my anger
i'm supposed to suffer in silence while you go on with your ignorance bliss to enjoy the privileges that have been granted to you by the society guilt free
i'm supposed to smile and filled with joy while you spew out words innocently yet crushing me deeply in ways you can never understand
i'm not supposed to express my frustrations nor anger over the oppressive behaviors
my anger isn't to criticize your character nor to question your intention
look at impact of your words, not the intent
my anger is to shake you out of ignorance bliss
my anger is to awaken you to erase the hate
i embrace anger because it moved me intensely to love
anger had been directed at me for being homophobic in the past
anger had been directed at me for demonstrating oppressive behavior toward DeafBlind, LGBTIQ, DeafDisabled and any other marginalized groups whether i intended to or not
anger awoke me, and told me that what I have done was wrong whether I was joking or not, whether I had a well meaning intention or not, whether I was striving to be positive or not....
anger is what turned me into a human being
a compassionate human being with a better understanding
anger is not made of hate. it is out of love. anger is where we go to when all we are faced with hate and unburied hunger for equal love that has been shown to privileged people
anger...please don't be afraid of it. it is one of most critical things for a real progress
please please never tell marginalized people to cool it
never tell them to lose their anger
ask yourself this: why are you really afraid of anger?
we were born in confusion
we were born to survive
we were born to believe that we weren't worthy to demand the society to re-design itself to be inclusive to all of our needs
ask yourself again: why is anger so terrifying to you?
we were born with the world of responsibility on our shoulders to console privileged people's feelings....it weighed us down, had our heads down, with our backs hunched over
it stripped us of our dignity, of self love, of self importance, of equality
we were born without self esteem
anger lifted that responsibility off our shoulders
straightened us up
lifted our heads up
looked at us in eyes and said, "you are just as important as everyone else. you're perfect the way you are"
anger is our healer
it liberated us
no, it freed us
truly, anger is what moved us so beautifully; it reminded us to acknowledge that we're equals and to fiercely recognize that
it is not anger that brings the death
it is hate that kills. it is ignorance that is so murderous
ignorance bliss: it is a war between intent and impact. it is deceiving you with lack of understanding. it is being decorated in beautiful words to trick you into ignoring what matters the most. a bliss. ah, a bliss how can it hurt anyone? how can it kill anyone? it is fragranced phrase. but it kills us with a silencer gun loaded with bullets of ignorance
anger is our weapon to destroy hate. to destroy ignorance bliss
embrace anger because it is an act of selfless....an act of love