You Won’t Be Memeable
Why Truth Doesn’t Trend and Why You Should Speak It Anyway
Nuance is dangerous in a culture built on polarity.
It doesn’t convert well.
It doesn’t trend.
It doesn’t make anyone feel immediately right or righteous.
It asks more questions than it answers.
It interrupts momentum.
It disrupts certainty.
And for a world addicted to narrative control, nuance is a threat.
So the world teaches you not to tolerate it.
You’re told you need to take a stand.
Make it digestible.
Pick a lane.
Clarify your “position.”
Make your argument tweet-sized.
Turn your faith into a brand.
Turn your ethics into a statement.
Pick your enemies, your allies, and your angle—then say it loud!
But nuance doesn’t live in volume.
It lives in presence.
It lives in God’s timing.
It lives in the space between impulse and insight.
The Spirit rarely speaks in slogans.
“The one who gives an answer before he listens—this is foolishness and disgrace for him.” (Proverbs 18:13)
There are people who don’t speak because they’re afraid.
And there are people who don’t speak because they’re listening.
We live in a time where silence is read as complicity.
Where asking questions is seen as subversion.
Where acknowledging the complexity of human behavior is reframed as betrayal.
So most people stay on script.
They borrow language.
They mirror whoever they’re trying not to offend.
They don’t mean to lie—they just truncate the truth so it fits the container.
But the moment truth is edited to preserve belonging, it’s no longer truth. It’s strategy.
Nuance is what keeps you from becoming a propagandist for the side you’ve trauma-bonded to.
It’s what keeps your discernment active in conversations where people want you to choose between two distorted options.
It’s what keeps you anchored when the people around you—religious, political, spiritual, or otherwise—are all screaming in black and white, while the real answer is still unfolding in shades of gray.
Jesus held nuance. Constantly.
He healed on the Sabbath and knew it would get him accused.
He told the rich to give everything away, and still dined in their homes.
He forgave sinners, rebuked teachers, cast out demons, and asked God to remove the cup in the same breath he submitted to it.
And none of it made him inconsistent.
It made him obedient.
“I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.” (John 5:30)
People who demand clarity from you before it’s ready will often accuse you of evasion, or cowardice, or lack of conviction.
But they’re not looking for truth.
They’re looking for confirmation.
They don’t want your discernment.
They want your allegiance.
Don’t give it to them.
Nuance is what protects you from becoming a mouthpiece for someone else’s certainty.
It’s what keeps your conscience intact when your community is trying to crown a new ideology or crucify the person who interrupted it.
There is a cost to carrying nuance.
You will be misunderstood.
You won’t be quotable.
You won’t be memeable.
You won’t be the person everyone nods along with in the comments section anymore.
But what you will be is clean.
Not clean like sanitized.
Clean like untethered.
Clean like free.
“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7)
Understanding doesn’t come from memorizing doctrine.
It comes from walking with God long enough to recognize what is being said beneath what is being screamed.
It comes from staying quiet long enough to see what isn’t being named.
From refusing to pick a side when both sides are still lying.
From speaking when it’s time—not when it’s profitable.
Nuance requires trusting the timing of truth.
And if you’re still dependent on being understood quickly, you won’t carry it well.
You don’t need to be palatable to be real.
You don’t need to explain everything to be in integrity.
You just need to stay close to God, close to the assignment, and clear in your own body when something is being rushed out of you prematurely.
Let them demand a side.
You stay with the truth.