Kpio's great adventure part 1/1

inothernews:

So, why purple?

Because there are still assholes in this world who use red to alarm.

To scare.

To incite.

Because there are assholes in this world who take it upon themselves to pick on others because of their race, their ethnicity, their gender, their religion, their sexual orientation.

Because there are people who still employ the tactic you see above.

Those people, sometimes too cowardly to speak what’s on their minds, use coded words.  Drop visual cues.  They draw the eyes of other like-minded ignorants toward something they know will provoke them into more hatred, and perhaps violence.

For instance, by highlighting what they consider “bad news” in red.

These people create an atmosphere where it’s all too easy to antagonize others.  To tease them.  To mock them.

To hurt them.

To drive them to their deaths.

“Why purple?” you ask.

I say it’s because, if only for a moment, we show - through a unifying theme - that we won’t stand by while these hatemongers go on about their business.

That by showing colors, those assholes see themselves and their cause literally drowned out by good people around them.

That for once, the intimidators are the ones forced into hiding.

“Why purple?” you ask.

Look up.

That’s why.