Nick & Nicole

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We have been back and forth with each other about whether or not making a post like this will endanger more people during an inflammatory and confusing time, or if we can find the words to help those who don’t feel safe right now. Our hope is that by taking the leap and lending our voice, we can help those who are so lost in all of this and are scared of speaking up about their own experiences. This has been a week filled with so much hurt. This community is an incredibly loving and empathetic place as a whole. We think everyone is trying to process and trying to find their place in this. Whether that’s reaching out privately, making a public post, liking a post, or giving ourselves time to process. Sometimes it’s hard to speak up because you yourself have gone through this and it’s scary and painful. Sometimes you are more motivated to speak up because you’ve gone through this and you want to be the person you didn’t have. Sometimes you just don’t want to accidentally say the wrong thing and you’re scared your words will be twisted or interpreted wrong. Sometimes you have your own horrible things happening in life and you’re just trying to take care of yourself. There are so many reasons for why people are reacting to this situation the way that they are. It does not help to start attacking the people that have nothing to do with this. It does not help to start blocking and unfollowing those who liked a post to try to show their support. It does not help to say cruel things about people who have come forward with their own hurt, but didn’t say what you wanted to hear. These things do not allow for a safe environment to support those who need it. Many people can be hurt at the same time– that’s just how life is. You hurt going through the situation yourself, you hurt because your friend is hurt, you hurt because the community you love dearly is hurt. It’s okay to be hurt and we should not be tossing aside those who are.
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