“This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.”
- Rumi
Wild how Mental Health is the shield here, but when the black community insists mental health is a factor in its collective issues, its cast aside. Amazing..
.@SenTedCruz: "The events of this week demand that we see where our culture is failing – looking at broken families, absent fathers, declining church attendance, social media bullying, violent online content, desensitizing the act of murder in video games, chronic isolation."
I'm not defending the actions of the officers. But we've demonized law enforcement to the point that there are far fewer rewards for being a hero, for taking risks. When your culture makes George Floyd the hero, real heroes stand down. Cultural rot has consequences.
when school shootings happening…without fail, the next day, one of my babies is always gonna ask, “are you going to save me if someone comes to shoot us?” my answer is always absolutely yes, but they shouldn’t even have to ask. they just shouldn’t even have to fuckin ask.
"It's on you."
In a striking moment, Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke interrupts Gov. Greg Abbott's press conference about the Uvalde shooting.