427 Quotes by Christina Engela

Not being treated as equal IS oppression.

Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even eviction from home if they do not ‘toe-the-line’ and ‘act straight’. I don’t think parents who do such things consider for a moment the kind of emotional damage they are doing to their children – or thinking beyond their own feelings about the situation – which will not change or go away simply because of their denial.

Hugs are so vital a thing that there should never be so few of them that you can count the ones you’ve had.

Waiter – there’s a bigot in my soup.

Peace with non-fundamentalists terrifies the fundamentalist because to them, being Christian doesn’t mean just being ‘good’ – it means being ‘better’ than others. Being better that others means having to see them as enemies – and making war on them. The fundamentalist views not being allowed to make war on their enemies as oppression of their faith, or defeat.

If I want religion, I know where to look for it – and if for example I don’t want it, then why should it be forced on me in media and public spaces?

You can pass any law you like to make ‘criminals’ of those you don’t like and then justify it with whatever stupid reasoning that appeals to you. Is that rule of law – or tyranny?

Genocide doesn’t become ‘common assault’ or ‘isolated incidents’ just because it is taking place one victim at a time.

If you stick your head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending you don’t exist – why get upset when the world agrees with you?