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Jan 07
opinion challenge: Rights
EvieC

Society...

What is wrong with this world?

This world is supposed to be a place where people can go to school, live their lives, go to their job, and BE THEMSELVES and yet still-
People die.
People are wronged.
People are looked down on...
People are scared.
-Not long ago women and people of different color weren’t allowed to speak their mind- weren’t allowed to have a voice or opinion on anything. Now there’s another thing that society looks down on- being a different gender than you were “born” and liking or not liking the opposite gender, just being DIFFERENT.
Sadly, this is how society is- they pick things to mock or look down on, and just flat out hurt people in the most ways possible. Not even having the tiniest bit of sympathy for how they might feel if that was happening to them. 

-Not feeling safe in a world you live in, being looked down on because you aren’t the same as everyone else. This world hurts- it can be a cruel place with bitter people who don’t have any compassion or sympathy. But just because you are different doesn’t mean you can’t do what you feel in your heart. If you want to like the same gender, or want to like both- Or anything else, there is NOTHING wrong with that, and hopefully after a while people will start to reflect on themselves and realize what they did. If we act now, we can change this world for the better. We can’t change the past, but we CAN change the future.

-I am so sorry to ANYONE who has dealt with ANY of this.

This is NOT okay. This world is NOT okay.

Everyone deserves to live a life, and be happy...

Not this...
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Posted: 01.07.23
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  1. TreePupWriter
    Jan 07, 2023

    YES YES YES. So true and so beautifully said—this piece has such a good flow!

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  1. EvieC
    Jan 07, 2023

    Omg! You have no idea how much this means to me. I didn’t know if the wording was right for the challenge or not. So thank you.

    Hope you have a lovely day! <3

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  1. star
    Jan 12, 2023

    I love this! So very true <3

    Be kind to yourself

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  1. EvieC
    Jan 17, 2023

    Thank you so much!
    Sorry for replying a little late.
    I really appreciate that you read it all! <3

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