Start Showing Up for the People Who Need It Most When someone is arrested for harming a child,we do not need adults jumping online or into rooms to s
Start Showing Up for the People Who Need It Most
When someone is arrested for harming a child,
we do not need adults jumping online or into rooms to signal:
“I’ve got your back, brother.”
“Not a man like that.”
“Let’s wait and see.”
Cut it out.
We are not here to comfort accused adults.
We are here to protect children and stand with Survivors—loudly, visibly, and with our full chest.
🧒🏾 Children don’t need your silence.
They need your support.
They need to see that safe adults exist—and those adults are not afraid to say:
“If harm is happening, I will not defend it.”
“I will not protect it.”
“And I will not stay silent to keep anyone’s image clean.”
🙅🏾♀️ We don’t need more men thinking they’re safe to keep harming.
You know what already gives them that idea?
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Lax laws that barely protect children.
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Short or nonexistent sentences for predators.
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Bias and harm when victims call for help.
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Boys’ club loyalty that kicks in every time someone speaks up.
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And yes—allowing male rapists and murderers to serve sentences with women.
All of that tells them they’re untouchable.
👂🏾 What Survivors and Children Need to Hear Instead:
“You can speak up. I will believe you.”
“You don’t have to protect anyone’s image.”
“This world is shifting—and we’re building safety on your side.”
“You will be heard. You will be helped. You will not be alone.”
That’s the message.
Not “Yaaaay, not a [insert person].”
That’s not a defense.
That’s how we maintain a status quo of silence and violence.
🧱 What That Phrase Really Does:
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It builds another protective wall of silence around a predator.
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It teaches children: “If I speak up, people will rally around the one who hurt me.”
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It tells adult Survivors: “This world still doesn’t want our truth.”
🔥 Let’s Be Very Clear:
We don’t owe our loyalty to:
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A job title
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A community figure
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A political identity
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A childhood memory
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Or the idea that “he seemed nice”
We owe our loyalty to truth.
To children.
To Survivors.
To justice.
🧭 If you want to be one of the good ones…
Be vocal. Be visible. Be protective.
Not when it’s easy. Not when it’s over.
But right now.
Let them know you’re not building a world where harm is quietly tolerated.
You’re building a world where:
