CALL A SPADE A SPADE: IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP

Oh, how I miss the days when we could simply call a spade a spade.

Back then, speaking the truth wasn’t labeled as bullying. It was called honesty. It was called love. It was called community. It was called correction. But now? Tell someone the truth and you’re called a bully. Say what’s right, and they say you’re judging. Call out wrong behavior, and suddenly you’re the villain.

Let’s be clear: there is nothing wrong with telling the truth—especially when it’s done with love and concern.

If someone is walking down the wrong path, say it. If the way they’re dressing is indecent, say it. If what they’re turning into is not right, say it. Not out of hate. Not out of pride. But because truth matters. Because we owe each other honesty.

Telling someone, “What you’re doing is wrong,” is not bullying. It’s guidance. It’s care. It’s the very thing that can save lives, families, and futures.

Back then, if someone saw you doing wrong, they would stop you and say, “Hey! What are you doing?” That wasn’t bullying. That was accountability. That was community. That was truth.

If calling out the truth is now considered bullying, then maybe the world has truly lost its mind. Because if you can’t call a chicken a chicken, and instead insist it’s a goat—then what are we really doing?

Let’s stop lying to ourselves and to each other. Let’s stop calling wrong “right” just because we’re afraid to offend. Because while we’re busy protecting feelings, we’re destroying lives. While we’re tiptoeing around “offense,” the truth is dying in silence.

When people could tell each other the truth, the world was more stable. There were fewer suicides. More discipline. Less chaos. There was still a moral compass.

But now? Speak up and they scream, “You’re bullying me!” No. You’re not being bullied—you’re just uncomfortable with truth.

It is high time humanity wakes up.

Not everything someone chooses to do is “their truth.” Some things are just flat-out wrong. And saying so doesn’t make you hateful—it makes you honest. It makes you brave.

What someone does might not seem like your business today, but one day, it will touch your life—through your child, your sibling, your in-law, your neighbor, your community. Because evil doesn’t stay in one corner. It spreads.

So if you’re sitting in silence, supporting wrong out of fear, or because of someone’s status, race, or wealth, then you are part of the problem. When you allow a liar to walk free because they have power or fake credentials, and silence the one who speaks the truth—you’re enabling destruction.

Let’s stop celebrating foolishness. Let’s stop clapping for madness. Let’s stop enabling self-destruction.

Some people are mentally unwell. Some are emotionally immature. Some are spiritually lost. And they need truth. They need advice. They need correction. They need someone to say, “No, this is not right. You’re going too far.”

And when you give that advice, when you correct, when you stand for truth—you are not bullying. You are saving. You are healing. You are planting a seed of transformation.

We must stop using “bullying” as an excuse to shut down the truth. Not everything uncomfortable is hate. Not every correction is an attack. There is wisdom in truth. There is power in truth. There is life in truth.

You might say, “It’s not my business.” But when society falls apart, you and your loved ones will feel it. When the madness spreads, no one is safe. So speak up now. Speak the truth. Call a spade a spade.

Let’s guide each other again.

Let’s correct each other again.

Let’s care enough to say what’s hard—but necessary.

The world will only get worse if we remain silent. But if we stand up for truth, for dignity, for love—maybe, just maybe, we can heal again.

A word is enough for the wise.

~Inspired by FaJoP

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