It's just racism, xenophobia, and related ethnoreligious tension all the way down.
I preferred when it was turtles. 😡
(Please no one tell me the turtles were racist, too.)
@MLClark It seems to be a common energy many of us are experiencing lately.💙
I've said this before, TK, but at this point I have watched thousands of videos of rape, kidnapping, torture, murder, and wartime scenes and their aftermath (mostly, to confirm or contest claims spreading like wildfire), but *nothing* gets me down like seeing the glee with which people celebrate or diminish suffering from their armchairs, or whip up more hatred for their gamified cause.
It's hard to hope for a better world while the propaganda of violence reigns. And it does.
That said, I know I'm not helping when I have nothing but frustration to share.
The world has always been cruel.
We have always been tribalists.
It has always been rare for us to be capable of caring for people outside our local circles.
And that makes every effort we take to move beyond basic biological priming a gift.
I waste mine every moment of every day that I let myself trip into despair, and anger at myself for having my own problems, too.
I'm trying to do better.
@MLClark Yet here we all are. You more than most. 💛
@Tacitus_Kilgore
@MLClark I believe you. I read it almost every day. By voicing your frustration you are indeed helping. All of us need to get it all out to make room for the better version we are striving for.💙