You Need to Know

You Need to Know

You need to know
that there are people
whose default mode of thinking
when they encounter something
that they don’t understand
is that it must be stopped,
shamed,
denounced,
condemned,
and eliminated.

The simpler path
would be for them to learn something—
to expand their narrow worldview
just a bit—
but they will cling
to their lack of understanding
and cause irreparable harm
to many
rather than fix the one.

Do not fear such people
when they lie and rant and rave;
just know that they exist
and always remember that it’s okay
to simply smile
and turn
and walk away.

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