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Photo by   Gene Gallin   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . Once we have our   successful   insurrection… Republicans will fully show how   little   we think blue lines, codes, or lives matter. . Nothing can be explained or solved by science… Until a Republican pollster analyzes it. . There is something contradictory in GOP water… Republicans say Biden and school teachers are   too cautious   about COVID, the same political party that says COVID is like the flu, masks do not work, herd immunity happens after everyone who is susceptible to COVID dies from it (actually that one is true, but f’ing ghoulish), that visiting in crowded bars is good for the   economy   of casket makers (again that one is true, but disturbing and ghastly),… Biden seeks tenuous balance on school reopening and variant threats - KVIA When officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that they were relaxing the… kv...

Photo by   Paul Hanaoka   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . White privilege is a hard topic for many people to accept, or fully understand. Republicans and others will see it as some kind of political correctness, liberal woke claptrap, or even   treasonous . Yes,   treasonous . That is because it denigrates many a Republicans’ pristine notions about the nation’s founders as well as White-privilege influenced societal structures still in place today. Such American Exceptionalism zealotry destroys our ability to achieve qualitative introspection and self analysis, that is a prerequisite for making effective changes. Why do we White people get our undies in-a-bunch when someone says we have White privilege?   The simple answer is fear. We fear it may be true, and that we cannot see it, which means we are ignorant and blind to something. Second, privilege is associated with income, wealth, and-or societal status. This implied association with signif...

Photo by   Natalie Dator   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . Enormous gun numbers do not lie, many more Americans do die. . As a gentle stream flows nearby your home, nearly all your neighbors, and other townsfolk, can enjoy its sensible capacity. The smaller children are kept away from it except with supervision, but everyone else can sit by, or wade in without much worry. Much like before the heavy weapon crazy days of the last quarter century, when the nation of the   2nd Amendment   was considerably more restrained in its massive killing results. Yet, when the clouds release their munitions today, it is an overflowing torrent, where almost no one is safe… . Massive Mass Shootings :   Boulder   CO,   Atlanta *, El Paso, Virginia Beach, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, Thousand Oaks, Stoneman Douglas, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Navy Yard DC, Aurora CO, Newtown, Geneva County AL, Binghamton NY, Fort Hood, Virginia Tec...

Photo by   Ningyu He   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . How do you begin something that has so many connective elements? Where does a complicated yet necessary conversation get started? What if we wanted to solve a policy matter you are most concerned about, yet also mine, and a thousand others?   We all go to our a local politician, a state legislator, and congressperson, but if that has been done, is still being done, and must continually be done,   will any of us change the political policy dynamic?   Hopefully. Maybe. Probably not.   This is a constant, often impossible dilemma to escape from. . The dilemma is even more impossible when you consider every valid policy desired. Yes, I   could   be an exceptional advocate for my issue or issues, but it is likely only a few, out of many exceptional advocates, will break through the muddle. Also think of how many fade away just before their goal could have been accomplished. The po...