The spin continues full speed ahead...
"Watching Capitol Riot Footage is Traumatizing Your System"
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/watc...213211523.html
First came the live images of the angry mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, of people shoving barricades, overwhelming police and smashing windows. And then, in the days that followed, came more and more footage — increasingly violent — of angry, armed insurrectionists bearing symbols of white supremacy, brutalizing police officers and calling for the killing of various officials.
Now, more than a week later, the video snippets come at such a relentless clip that they seem to be on a constant loop — not only on TV and social media feeds, but in people’s minds, triggering anxiety, insomnia and all sorts of traumatic stress....
(From quoted Tweet) It’s such an enormous privilege to not feel the sting of others’ hate in your bones. To be able to watch the news and turn it off and get back to your day. Or maybe not even watch the news (as I know is the case with some) and remain unbothered.......
Marginalized folx, people of color and of certain faiths, watched with horror (and keep watching as images and video get released) as mass white rage and violence feverishly and viciously overwhelmed our Capitol, our TVs, and our hearts.
This was TRAUMA.
And it goes on, but you get the idea...,
"Once we get some iron in our souls, we'll get some iron in our hands..."
"...A rapid, aggressive response will let you get away with some pretty audacious things if you are willing to be mean, fast, and naked."-Failure2Stop
"The Right can meme; the Left can organize. I guess now we know which one is important." - Random internet comment
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