I am so tired of people trying to justify cruelty and oppression

I am so tired of people trying to justify cruelty and oppression by saying

"it's for their own good"

or that

"we have to pick someone to care about".

It is only "us or them" if you make it that way.

If it's us it's all "how can we help them" or

"what did some one do to make them do that"

if it's them it's

"how can we hurt them" or

"why should we care".

Or it's "I don't matter so why should they"

you fucking do matter

and so do they

so stop trying to justify hurting people

because of your own low self esteem.

And don't give me

"that's the way the world works"

bullshit

we make up the world so we can change it if we wanted.

I know you can't make other people be a good person but you don't have to be a bad one ether.

I am just so fucking tired and fear not that I will hate the cruel but that I will give up on them.

Having to cut them out of my life because they make life so painful.

And yes I get that I fuck things up

and I'm not always as kind as I'd like to be

but I have not and cannot stopped trying.