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How to Save Yourself from the Embarrassment of Coming Out as a Woke in a Social Gathering
A 10-pointers non-conformist’s guide to finding ease and peace
Have you ever faced that embarrassing moment when everybody in the room thinks a certain (not so nice) way about you because you couldn’t hold back and blurted out your personal, possibly radical and unpopular views on a controversial topic? Maybe you had a heated debate with someone that drew everybody’s attention and some of them commented slyly, things like —
“Oh I have been there but I EVOLVED from there way back!”
Do they have any good points against it?
“It will shut her up if I ask her XYZ but let me enjoy the DRAMA”
They think it’s a swordplay. They may know something enlightening or it may be a careless egoistic stance.
“All this discussion is BULLSH*T”
Did they ask what impact are you trying to create with doing all this conversation?
“She doesn’t have to be THIS outrageous”
Whether you are coming from a space of ignorance or knowledge, you can a bit more empathetic to her.
