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Beth Hunter's avatar

I’m new to your articles, Tessa, and I had no idea that you had an abusive husband. Hugs to you. And I’m sorry you had to endure “ugly Americanism” so intimately with him and his family.

It’s sad how we’re being split into even more factions with the awful genocide in Gaza. I have a couple childhood friends who I “tracked” with through COVID, got a little crosswise with when I didn’t accept the Ukraine narrative, and now have nearly burned a bridge with by calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and speaking out against all the harm done to all of those children having been killed in Gaza over the past 2 months. They seem to not be able to see Gaza kids as being worthy of a chance for a peaceful life. These kids that are the same age as their own kids. As if it’s normal that their kids get to safely attend hockey tournaments and drink clean water but that Gaza kids have dirty, unsafe water and certainly don’t have the energy at this point to play ?soccer? with a ball made out of old rags. This lack of sympathy for Gaza kids is almost as horrifying as the bombings.😢

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Gary Ogden's avatar

Tessa: The veneer of civilization is paper thin. Psychopaths are drawn to power. The current U.S. administration is now run by them, thus one or two generations of Ukrainian men slaughtered for no reason. But the horror in Gaza is the worst I've ever seen in my almost 75 years. In that case it is the religious extremists who control the government and their savagery. But it is American weaponry murdering all the innocents. Because civilization is so fragile we must redouble our efforts to spread goodness, love, and kindness in all our interactions, and refuse to do harm except in self defense. Our government has become a nightmare of venality and corruption, and can't be trusted for anything more than delivering the mail.

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