Straw refusers are essential

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I am (famous, hehe) for saying if you moved your left eyelash for activism, it's activism and no one should walk behind you and say, "But what about the child refugees in Bosnia", "But what about the deforestation of the Amazon". Activists must be encouraged and supported. No discussion. 

For those of us who are ready to tackle the next step, we see the interrelatedness. Like when you understand racism, you understand genderism. Just because we know one word, it opens up the interrelatedness of words and language is learned. The language of straws is linked to the language of the Pacific gyre. 

People from one country only learn a few words and get by in another. And they are an integral part of the community, of the social ecology. Similarly, straw refusers play a small but integral part in our world.




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