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The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: โ€œI oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.โ€ She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

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[โ€“] HowRu68@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

A very proactieve protestor and spunky woman of the cloth, who seems to have been arrested 27-28 times already. According to this profile publication she claims she "has militant dna, as a maternal ancestor was accused of sedition in the 18th century".

[โ€“] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

What a Fucking Legend!!! People such as her should be our icons. Not the plastic ridiculous people that the legacy media and the algorithimc social media keep pushing out like clowns to the circus floor to keep people distracted.

Sue Parfitt. Let's remember her name. In fact I'm gonna save this post.

And while I'm not one to support religion, between her and the reverend that gave that sermon to Trump's face in church, I would say "Lady Priests" (apologies for the reductionism) are having a moment and showing the cloth that apparently only the women in it seem to remember what "their calling" is supposed to be all about.

If anyone knows the name of the woman that gave that sermon, tag it under. Please.

It's not about supporting the church, it's about giving credit where credit is due.

In fact, we should start making a record of the people who are raising to the occasion these days all over the world, and taking the moral stand and give them the space and the limelight, instead of allowing everything to be about the shitty people doing their shitty deeds. That takes so much of the bandwith as it is, and makes us feel alone in the face of it all.

Be it about the atrocities being committed in Gaza, Ukraine, the U.S. or in any place where wrongful actions are occurring, let us make visible the people that raise to face it. Let us put forward the faces and voices of the ones who still truly give the word "humanity" some of its supposed meaning back.

PS: A lot of people here might not be able to read Spanish. But I do and I really liked the article you linked. It was a really nice complement to the one linked in the post. So, thank you for sharing it.

[โ€“] ewo@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I saved your post about saving a post because it makes me less depressed and more warm and fuzzy inside. You are a good person and you clearly care <3

[โ€“] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Oh, thank you so much. I wish I let myself believe that I am what you just described. You do seem to fit the description you assigned me very well from this very brief interaction.

Let us all keep spreading warm and fuzzy feels on and on to as many people as we can.

The world certainly needs an antidote to spread against the vile current that is dragging us all into a hole of despair.

We can't let that happen!

Unfortunately, I often do let myself go in that direction.

So thank you for pulling me the other way.

[โ€“] TIN@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity."

From a letter by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, https://www.awakin.org/v2/read/view.php?tid=2195

[โ€“] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Thank your for such reply and the link as well. The text you linked shares a lot of inspiration for these trying times.

And oh, how we definitely need it.

[โ€“] ewo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

100% agree and yes doubt does eat away at you sometimes! Don't let it ! :)

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