The other day, I had a call with my mother. We’re pretty close, and the discussion turned to politics - a topic I don’t bring up, because I know my interest in it far outstrips her’s. Mostly calm - she’s conservative, but also moderately anti-Trump - she didn’t vote for him in the past two elections.
Two things that stood out:
When my mother wondered aloud why we weren’t doing more to stand up to Russia, I paused, and felt a surge of… anger? Despair? Laughing madness? all through my body and especially in my head.
When I talked about Ukraine, I could hardly speak by the end.
Ukrainians are under the utmost pressure, and have been for years, and for us to backstab them like this is…
We’ve done these things before. We did it to the Kurds and the Afghans, we’re doing it to the Palestinians on an ongoing basis. But this feels different. We are the world’s enemy.
The other day, I had a call with my mother. We’re pretty close, and the discussion turned to politics - a topic I don’t bring up, because I know my interest in it far outstrips her’s. Mostly calm - she’s conservative, but also moderately anti-Trump - she didn’t vote for him in the past two elections.
Two things that stood out:
When my mother wondered aloud why we weren’t doing more to stand up to Russia, I paused, and felt a surge of… anger? Despair? Laughing madness? all through my body and especially in my head.
When I talked about Ukraine, I could hardly speak by the end.
Ukrainians are under the utmost pressure, and have been for years, and for us to backstab them like this is…
Atrocious.
Yeah. It’s fucking heartbreaking.
We’ve done these things before. We did it to the Kurds and the Afghans, we’re doing it to the Palestinians on an ongoing basis. But this feels different. We are the world’s enemy.