I wrote an apology for the harm I’d caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
I always joke about how I get excited to go to the grocery store without permission. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
If you can see these people… as human beings and capable of change, there is hope. We should be willing to reach out. Imagine what could happen if we kept reaching out to people like Westboro members? Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
When we engage people across ideological divides, asking questions helps us map the disconnect between our differing points of view. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
In the era of Donald Trump the echoes of Westboro are undeniable: the division of the world into Us and Them; the vilification of compromise; the knee-jerk expulsion of insiders who violate group orthodoxy; and the demonization of outsiders and the inability to substantively engage with their ideas, because we simply cannot step outside of our own. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
Assuming ill motives almost instantly cuts us off from truly understanding why someone does and believes as they do. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge. Megan Phelps-Roper Read Quote
