If we really want to fight facism and all the other battles, we need to face COVID so we’ll be healthy enough.

It’s too convenient to not focusing directly on COVID and just blame it on Trump, and it lets us all off too easily.

And by not putting that front and center, we hide the thing that is *directly* hurting us. That means people are able to continuously take risks that put them and others at long term damage and we continue to hide the real effects of COVID.

... be a great option to explain how people are feeling, even physically. But all those things ARE actually true.

We can feel totally wrecked about events right now, even physically ill, but there is a clear scientific explanation for why people are sicker than ever right now and it’s COVID.

Does that do any good?

Its a good time to be considering how much you really need to know right now. Read-> www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/how-much-d...

The playbook for white evangelicals is:

Deny reality that contradicts your worldview
Refuse to take accountability
Punish those who do not obey/ agree with you

Now that everyone in the world is seeing how fucked up this is, maybe have some compassion for people who grew up with parents like this?

If you wanna see the parts that made stop to think (and what I’m dying to discuss) : readwise.io/reader/share...

…and generational wealth lost. Too much to keep track of and too much to metabolize and too much to even remember who is having what kind of hard time.” - Holly Whitaker hollywhitaker.substack.com/p/i-dont-kno...