Got no words or takes this morning that you don't already know. In a contest of bad options this was the worst. I don't have a some novel analysis this morning that you won't see said better elsewhere. Just stay alive.
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And as a less spiteful reason, if you’d favor that: your life has value and dignity and capacity for goodness in a time of prevailing badness, which makes it precious.
People on the left self-harming would be a form of anticipatory compliance and accommodation for the winners here. It would bring joy to the worst people on earth and spare them from future struggles to maintain their grip. Fuck those people.
Those people are perfectly happy as is. I don't exist to them, and any 'resistance' I could provide clearly has no effect. I hate them too, but since I can't stop them, all I can do is stop myself from ever having to hear from them again.
There are less drastic ways to have to hear less from these people. I realize that disengagement is not always an option in all circumstances, but tuning in to social media for a face full of this horseshit news is probably unhealthy right now and for a long time to come.
I'm going to cancel my TV subscription because I don't want to see his face nor hear his voice. Checking all my podcast subscriptions and no one is posting. 💔
We all need to survive though dark times that lay ahead of us. Hope is the only thing we have and we all need to stick together and watch our backs. A friend in Europe told me to be prepared for the worst, and enjoy the little things when we can.
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bloc up, lads, 'cause the roads gonna get bumpy..