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This is what worries me: it's easy to believe in peace. It's easy to want to work towards peaceful solutions. It's easy to be for peace.

What you have to be sure of is that you're not going to rallies and marches because you saw a movie once where some hippies went to a march and boy was that an exciting time in American history. You can't protest because you idealize an era. If you're protesting because you're dismayed that people of your generation are too full of apathy to take notice of the world around them, then protest that. Protest the apathy of your peers. (For example, if I'm your peer, protest the apathy of Tavie.)

You have to protest because you believe that your government shouldn't have the right to bully and impose their will on other nations, unsupported by the rest of the world. If you're sure you're there because it's the best way to make your opinions heard, then march. But don't glamorize it. That scares me, too. The message shouldn't be, "I stood out in the cold and rallied and it was so enthralling to be there surrounded by like-minded citizens." It should be, "We shouted. I hope they heard us. We'll shout again and again until they do."

Yes, that was all directed at myself. I haven't rallied, I haven't protested. I've only recently begun to glance at newspapers. I'm afraid of knowing what's happening. The speech last night terriffied me.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 1:17 PM | shower me with attention