Prendre la parole is about becoming and staying sane as a person and a society. It is about claiming space for yourself. But it is also about entendre la parole des autres, literally to take in the words of others. Speaking is always about listening, too. What we have to learn most urgently is that the aim of debate must not always be agreement. I want us to become stronger and more patient, so we can listen to each other and endure feelings of disagreement. I want to agree on the fact that everything is complicated because people carry all their baggage and thus are complex, ambivalent, inconsistent, contradictory, and not either/or. I want to agree on protecting those who need it most in the first place and step back with our egos and the need to win an argument. I want us to recognize when we’d rather shut up. I want us to realize when we need to act instead of talk.