One of my longest term friends is a combat vet with PTSD. I am close to him because he doesn't do the "men shouldn't feel" "men should be tough" thing. He struggles with accepting empathy some days because he has general feelings of worthlessness, but it's not because he thinks he should be...
Important to note that the UK still has a ways to go on racial justice and police brutality even with fewer guns: The Restraint Technique That killed George Floyd Is Used By Police In The UK Too
I'm not speaking for any movement. When *I* say I want demilitarization I want that along with sweeping gun reform. I want less money spent on weapons. I want less or almost no military weapons in the hands of police. The kind and quantity of deescalation training taught to US police is quite...
I literally left the US because the violence there makes me sick. But sure, I'm the problem for "inciting violence". I moved to a country where 2% of police officers are allowed to carry guns and any escalation of violence is met with a full inquiry. Cops have to pass psychological evaluations...
Boston Tea Party?
It really doesn't matter what I think or what you think. There are at least tens of thousands, probably more who are pretty darn pissed off and they don't care what you think they should do.
I always feel stunned by people saying that in the US violence isn't going to solve anything. Wasn't the entire foundation of the country on violence, rebellion, and looting?
When you look at the statistics around who is in prison for relatively minor crimes, when you look at distribution of wealth by race, when you look at generational poverty by race... you can't say the US doesn't have a race problem.
And frankly police brutality needs to be stopped and if...
One major factor is the lock down. People have no jobs to go to and they are scared. Folks have watched the creeping horror of four years of Trump. The whole country is a powder keg and this was just a spark not really the whole reason for the explosion.
Here in North Scotland there are major plans to renovate the streets to make them more walking/biking friendly. It's not bad around here but it's hard to do with social distancing. They are using water barriers (so highly removable at some point) and folks are flipping their lids. It's actually...
This study from Spain is pretty alarming: The results of a Spanish study on Covid-19 immunity have a scary takeaway
The actual study (in Spanish): https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/serviciosdeprensa/notasprensa/sanidad14/Documents/2020/130520-ENE-COVID_Informe1.pdf
I'm pretty afraid of the second...
I've definitely read the kinds of authors you are talking about and I want to agree with the poster upthread (Sorry it took me all day to finish this thread because I was distracted so I forgot who) who said that these kinds of radical feminists are of the same ilk as the KKK. There are always...
I swear this is on topic to dealing with Covid as people are genuinely coping with toilet paper shortage... If you use cloth diaper wipes (the kinds sold by companies that sell cloth diapers) they are of a size and absorbancy that you don't get pee all over your hands. They wash well/easily and...
Polls in the UK say that only 1/5 people want to hurry and open back up. People here are coping with lockdown pretty well. Of course my local NextDoor is turning into a bunch of Nosy Nellies shaming people who drive to the forest for exercise. Then folks with health issues explain why they do...
I have been looking for a dog for months. I have been in touch with the local shelter and they have told me repeatedly that they are not too hopeful of finding a dog that will fit our needs (lots of little kids in the house that are here all the time plus two cats). I am starting to look at...
You were so much more diplomatic and kind than I am capable of being right now. I am so tired of seeing evidence of scathing denigration. Not everyone is coping with the same things. Not everyone has the same resources.
People are really hard today. I am so angry. I'm sitting in the UK talking...
This is an absolutely terrifying image (it's about how Covid ranks compared to other causes of death in the US): Average Daily Cause of Death in USA - The Big Picture
For me, part of it is about there being well worn pathways in the brain. This was the coping method that I leapt to for a very long time so it makes sense that it is still sometimes the first thing that pops up. I'm not actively suicidal, but it was a feeling I had for a long time. My brain...