Conversation

Musing on the idea of apologising for something you haven't done. Someone I'm no longer in touch with who I really respect, used to argue that we should apologise in such circumstances in order to create peace. We should be the ones who back down from our own sense of justice to create harmony. Or something. She was badass in debate though, she'd rip arguments to shreds. And then apologise if she hurt fash feelings.

She was and is an Orthodox Christian, and she got kicked out of her church for saying trans rights.

I'm currently being asked to apologise for telling a sort-of family member who started peddling transphobic lies, to get in the sea and never speak to me again. It would create a bit of harmony if I did.

I don't think I will. This isn't about pride. It's about justice - the real kind not retribution, the making of a better world.