Profound and extremely thought-provoking. Last week, without ever intending to,I ended up writing a few blog posts about the most recent shootings. It is absolutely horrifying beyond belief. I do believe that in most any other country, the citizens would have taken to the streets, and taken back the government, that no longer works for them or on behalf of them. I think so many of us here in the states are so shellshocked and traumatized that all of the gun violence has almost become normalized to a very sad and scary extent. Is it stoicism? Is it rugged individualism? The infamous American independent spirit? I don’t know. What I do know is that there is an appalling lack of empathy, civility, and kindness. I cannot be out of and away from this country soon enough. Because the thing is, even though there are good people who are trying to do good things to stem this terrifying tide of violence, I just do not believe in my heart of hearts that it will ever change, at least not in my lifetime. Thank you for writing this for us 💖