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I *wish* I could still get enraged about mass shootings, I think it would be healthier. At this point I’m numb: “oh another mass slaughter? And little kids this time? Shit. It’s too bad there won’t be any significant change.” The Republicans are heinous scum and the Democrats are ineffectual cowards who somehow -- against facts, evidence, and experience -- are STILL saying to the GOP “Surely you are reasonable people. Come, let us reason together.”

Truthfully, I just feel bleak despair. It goes beyond gun control and this latest atrocity in Texas, it’s everything. It’s the mid-terms. It’s 2024. I can live with going down fighting. But we are way past Lucy and the football territory, we’re watching most Democrats blithely lay down in front of an authoritarian steamroller because they believe in their heart of hearts the GOP would never *really* run them over. It’s incredibly demoralizing.

Sorry to be a downer, I have no jokes today.

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Excellent post, Roy.

I expect this stupid shit from the right-wing, even the "good" kind, but can we take a moment to mention Matthew Yglesias' stupid fucking tweet from yesterday? If anyone didn't see it, it was basically a variation of "Yeah, America has the bloodshed equivalent of a third world country embroiled in a civil war, but people still like it here due to the abundance of FroYo shops and central air conditioning."

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