There will be more Uvaldes, El Pasos, Sutherland Springs, and Santa Fes until we decide to put the lives of our kids ahead of the political careers of gun lobby politicians like Greg Abbott.
We’re just sayin’. To abolish mask -wearing laws in some States while the rest of the Nation keeps theirs is like designating a peeing section of the swimming pool.
Charles Manson didn’t personally murder anyone, but he encouraged his cult to do so, and he rightly spent the rest of his life in prison.
Should his right to free speech be argued for if this were to happen now?
Surely not, but here we are...
The Republican Party cheated.
They cheated because they're scared they can’t win through the democratic process. They're scared they can’t win when the American people decide the outcome. They're scared they can’t win when elections matter.
And they're right.
@animatedGeoff The most recent @Radiolab (“What If?”) did a deep dive on this and it’s been uncomfortably sitting with me for a few days now. If you’d like to learn and panic more, give it a listen.