Censorship

Rightly or wrongly, recently I've found myself not speaking my mind.

People say something I don't agree with -- I stay quiet.

I often find that people are often offensive and ill-informed when they try to be funny. But I don't respond with my opinion or tell them when they are just plain wrong.

And sometimes when someone's having a light-hearted conversation about something or other, the first thing that comes into my head is some heart-wrenching interview I've recently read, or some interesting (to me and my boring person head, at least) fact about something or other. But I don't express it.

In the past when such things are mentioned or objections are raised, people look at me like I have two heads.

At the moment, I feel like I don't have the strength to defend myself or deal with people thinking I'm awkward and weird.

I'm glad there are people in the world who stand up for what they believe in. One day I hope to be one.