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True love is radical because it requires us to see ourselves in all people. Otherwise, it isn’t love. Love is revolutionary because it has us treat ALL people as we would ourselves - not because we are charitable, but because we are one. That is love’s radical conclusion.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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It is utterly embarrassing that “pay people enough to live” is a stance that’s even up for debate.

I will not yield because it was a terribly disrespectful comment, and I will not yield to disrespectful men.

You shouldn’t need a Bible to tell you to protect our planet, but it does anyway.

Forced pregnancy is a crime against humanity.

People really need to ask themselves why their communities chose to erect statues to slaveholders instead of abolitionists.

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