I’m sorry for you when you realize you are surrounded by them.

If you want to DM me I have a online community that chats about… Stuff all the time. You are free to lurk

Correct me if I am wrong but isn’t that the whole thrust of Keynesian economic theory?

When is the last time your reaffirmed your humanity?

No. I feel miserable for Alex but maintain my position. That said, should any of the ICE agents been shot right there by anyone on the street whilst commiting a crime I wouldn’t have anything negative to say about their shooting.

I said it in a other comment.

I don’t think the world is a better place when a 1st grade teachers gut reaction is to watch someone in a medical emergency die.

Did I misrepresent your position?

I think back to this comment a lot lately. I try, but I am for sure hardly perfect. I stumble often, and even recently, but I find solace here.

What was weird about it?

I think it’s more weird that you want people to just callously walk by someone having a medical emergency. I think it’s extra weird you would expect a 1st grade teacher to have that as a default position.

I am terrified of a world where a 1st grade teacher doesn’t go strait to first aid when they are witnessing a medical emergency.

No, but in a world where we let someone die due to a medical emergency we could have assisted in, then I am not convinced there are “good” people either.

And if there are no “good” people, then what are we even fighting for?

Edit. Replied to the wrong comment.

Civility and society are social contracts. I let the government do its job unimpeded when it is abiding by the contract. When they aren’t, then I don’t.

The reality is that the societal contract broke down a long time ago, and the illusion of safety has been mollifying people since MLK (and likely before). There have always been fascists at the wheel, the only difference now is they are mask off and more indiscriminate.

So my question is, do we vilify every healthcare worker who did more than sit by to help a fascist? Do we demean them for doing what they thought was right? Am I ask them to be judge, jury, and executioner so that the fascists all die off?

As I think about more of your posts I can see the fear oozing out of them.

Why not shoot them as you pass? I know for me it falls into barbarism.

Better yet, since you clearly want them dead, look em up, but em down, be the big damn hero. Show me your mettle, get your ass off your keyboard, and go be a warrior.

I’ll stay behind mine and consider the long-term ramifications of all my actions and inactions. I’ll stay behind mine so that the social work I do can keep happening as atrocities pile up. We all need jobs when it comes to f defending the home front. You go be a hero, I’ll tend to the hearts and minds of those who will benefit from your sacrifice.

What high road?

I am talking about people having a human moment during a medical emergency.

Maybe you could watch someone die in front of you, but I couldn’t.

I could kill someone if I needed to but there is a difference in defending yourself when you are in mortal danger and letting someone die.

If we become the monsters they think we are, then we won’t fix society, we will guarantee the schizm poisons the next generation when the battle is over.

I guess I am not convinced that they are all fascists. You see enemies, I see victims of fascists rulers who have used their fear to warp their minds.

I see fear in them. I see fear in you. I also never said I wouldn’t shoot them. I did say that slaughtering then when they are down is barbaric.

Your position relies on a strawman enemy and a lack of humanity. The very thing you despise in them you become.

It’s wild that we have nearly a hundred years since WW2 and we seem to forget that fear lead to all the atrocities that occured here in the name of fighting fascists.

The big thing is, I am not afraid of them. I cautious, I won’t let them harm me. But if I fear them, then they already won.

I replied to your other comment, too.

Something seems off about your position.

It’s like watching the Patriot, the scene where the cavalry is at the farm, and they shoot all the recovering revolutionaries. It’s just barbaric.

Like… I get it… But at the same time the moment we give up our humanity we are not better than they are.

A month is more than enough time to plan and discuss future options. Especially for a community. 👍

Double check and see if your state protects the use of your sick time.

In the state I live, there are special protections for using sick time. If they so much as make a comment about it that’s a violation. A write up would probably get the business sued by the state.

Since only one person gets to be the hero…

“Number One”