that’s something i had to learn.. i had to learn that giving my time, my energy, my feelings, and throwing out information i gathered for 20 years, was not servicing me. nor was it services the people i thought were just ignorant. i was so idealistic, believing that under the meanness was a good person who could stop being racist. but there isn’t a good person underneath the evil mask. there really are awful people out who are worthless. i had to learn that, though it went against my very nature. now i do not give my time to just anyone. i only give my time and knowledge to those who can actually benefit from it. my silence is not an unwillingness to help, or to fight; but an acknowledgement that some people are not worth it.