THIS: "See, if we trusted you, if we thought you could learn, if we thought you were invested in challenging your privileged, if we thought you really, truly gave a damn about marginalised issues, if we thought we could engage you without causing ourselves further pain or hurt –  then we probably wouldn’t bite our tongues. If we thought the space was safe, if we thought you would listen. If we thought we could talk to you, then we wouldn’t be biting our tongue

Our silence speaks volumes about you."

That's poetic. What's the context?

I ALSO want the space to be safe for everyone. As for myself, I know sometimes I get defensive if I feel like I'm being attacked... sorry if it has ever set a bad tone...I wish we could all be friends...really I do!!! I'll leave it up to everyone else if they want to be my friend.  Antagonism is not my favorite sport....too much of an energy drain...

i think she was talking about me...not too sure...

@Adam I found it on a blog I sometimes read, I like how he does have a poetic touch with his writing.

@Agnes I wasn't directing this at anyone! My PandaWhale style is just stashing what I like as I come across it on the internets :P

I'm so glad to hear that!