I’m not a martyr. Not wanting to kill a person doesn’t make you a martyr. It just means you live be a different moral code than the people who are abusing you.

But, I don’t need a sword when I have a pen. Neither did MLK or Gandhi. I am not them, but I follow their example, even though most do not.

My pen is not one of revenge, even though some would not understand how that’s possible. It’s one of good intentions, though it may be idealistically flawed.

I create to help others. I write to help others. I will work through the pain with pen, not sword. Others would choose a sword, but that’s one thing I will not do. I hard-wired that into my autistic brain before I can remember.