Calling Out

 

There has been a lot of calling out this year.

If you call someone in, you circle back to a hurtful or oppressive comment they made in private.

If you call someone out, you let it be known the comment was hurtful in a public space.

There have always been expressions of dislike. People give the finger or call out some offensive, but usually from a distance.

This year is different.

With the flood of conspiracy theories, anxiety, fear, boredom and repetition in isolation; people lash out on social media. There is plenty of fodder to comment on.

If you view a statement verified with questionable references, do you call it out?

Is that person wrong with their assumptions or are you superior in your knowledge of the subject?

Who wins the game?

This year with all the turmoil and strife, there have been too many instances where I had to disengage from communication with another person. Neither of us was ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ but the conversations were going nowhere. It was not a productive process.

Perhaps the New Year will calm the savage beast of politics, aged old perjury and bias to bring an awakening? Enlightenment?

I call out the world.

Stop feeding the frenzy and do something about your complaints. Think there is law enforcement injustice; join up. The other side is wrong, and then become them so they will know. Think the politicians are crooked or incompetent? Get into the game and get elected. Think racial bias continue to disenfranchise people of color? This may not happen overnight to change 400 years of history, but the activism gains attention and must not be paused. Shine the light on causes like global climate destruction, feminine inequality, pollution of land, sea and air, health care, starvation, addiction, welfare vs. billionaires, etc.

Nothing will change unless you make it happen.

 

Or is it time to close down social media and only talk face-to-face?

Behind mask.