"Go!"

   Anytime you force me to put my hands on  you it will hurt - like a buffet of pain.
                      - Kasey Keckeisen
   This quote... I'm both laughing  at its irony and nodding at its significance.
   Although any self defense instructor can inflict damage, (to me), the hiliarious irony is that this quote is authored by one of the most respectful people that I have ever met. I don't mean to either imply that most people are savages or to downplay their levels of decency. But Kasey is genuinely respectful and seems unencumbered by reciprocation, ulterior motives, or any other reasons that others may use to feign respectfulness. So the fact that this quote came from Kasey is even more empowering.
   My world is predominantly comprised of adults, and, thankfully, no one I currently associate with is being physically abused. Yet the anger, hurt, and helpless at preemptive mistreatment is palpable. Whether  it's due to fear, self doubt, guilt, or other reasons,  issues remain prolongedly unresolved, which allows others to act according to their own whims.
   To me, (who both hates confrontation and can be manipulated into compliance through basically any human emotion),  Kasey's words offer solutions that surpass incidents dealing solely with physical confrontations. The viability of  righteous, reactive responses, (which I believe that Kasey promotes), is applicable to my world, too. The solutions include exposing the mistreatment and placing responsibility onto whomever it belongs, rather than reacting emotionally. The solutions also include withholding accommodation when it is demanded, especially through the use manipulation.
    If it hasn't yet, I believe this issue will affect all of us, everywhere. And as self-absorption becomes more commonly practiced, and as preferential treatment, (especially at the expense of others), gets more aggressively demanded, Kasey's encouragement to react to mistreatment is a welcome relief.