My Public Announcement (Long Post)

MY PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (LONG POST)

Forgive the self-indulgence which follows. I need to address a few things and announce a few changes.

I’ve taken a break recently from my usual public activism. Admittedly, right now is the wrong time to NOT engage in advocacy and current affairs. Call this pause a serious abdication of citizen responsibility. Common decency demands more of us–all of us. Decent people must speak out. The dangers we face are real. The consequences of silence and indifference are self-evident, and likely about to worsen.

During my sabbatical, I resisted the daily urge to post on Facebook. Moreover, I ceased meaningful social media exchanges. I also suspended my own personal writings at my website and sidelined my contributions to online content sites that regularly publish my work which gives much wider attention to my ideas . I also limited my own social engagements–aside from usual home life. This inactivity wasn’t born out of any resentment or to make a protest. It wasn’t even planned. It just happened.

What created this diaspora of detachment?