I was not prepared for how many people are willing to let others die rather than suffer even a moment's inconvenience.

I have always known these people existed. I have always understood that this sort of callous cruelty was as much a part of human nature as is nobility and sacrifice.

I was not prepared for how many of these people there are.

It's been almost a year. I've watched former friends, neighbors, acquaintances evidence this complete inability to comprehend why we should engage in communal self-sacrifice for the sake of one another. I am still reeling. I have had ample time to absorb it. I still can't.

I went to bed and this blew up, and now there are too many responses for me to respond to, but to answer a lot of the big ones:

Yeah. BIPOC and others have always known this. My friends told me, and I thought I understood. I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t get it.

There are a lot of people who saw this coming. That warned us then and they’re still talking. If you’re one of the people responding to this thread with resonance, I hope you’ll take the next step and listen to them now.

This is still going, and as had been pointed out elsewhere action matters more than anything, so while you’re here, please donate to the Northwest Community Bail fund:

https://www.nwcombailfund.org/