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Hi, Aden! I came over from ibble to check out your Substack. I am a creator as well and sometimes feel out of place in my corner of the world. I enjoy reading thoughts from other creative beings. I enjoyed this article. Thank you.

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Hey Billy! Thanks for checking things out over here! Shoutout to Ibble!

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This is exactly what I've been needing. The push to take sides has been real and taking sides seems to include agreeing with every single thing someone says. I feel like I need to make t-shirts. "Nope. No. That's okay. I abstain."

But to you, I say, "Thank you!"

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My pleasure! Any time I can encourage more pause and thought I want to! To me this isn't the same as turning a blind eye. But in my mind solutions come from people who refuse to buy into the assumption that all sides of a problem have been fully explored and now it's either "THIS WAY" or DOOOOM.

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Amen!

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Thank you for this Aden. I deeply appreciate it. Right now I am reaching out as I can to friends that I think are needing space to express and just listening. As a mostly agnostic person who was raised Christian and has rejected it but probably still holds that cultural lens, this is most definitely not my cultural/historical/ lane per se, but I do know that MANY people are suffering and what I can do is listen and hold space (for anyone who needs it). I am boggled, baffled, confused, and constantly reading right now because this is huge and dark and heavy and stark and horrific. But first and foremost, I want to hold space for people I love to share what they might need to share with me (if even they want to do that).

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Holding space is amazing Julie. I vote for more of this! More of us listening <3 Thank you for sharing.

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