Land of the free, home of the perptually outraged

[scarlettina]

I've been thinking about the following for a while. Independence Day seemed like the day to finally talk about it.

Recently on Facebook, I posted the clip of Jon Stewart's reaction to the Charleston killings. At the time, in agreement with Stewart I commented, "in America either we're outraged or we're apathetic--we all react--but what we won't be

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[girasole]

Brava, Janna, Brava.
I am trying to take this to heart.
I do confess, though, that mostly I need all my spoons to get myself through the day.

[desperance]

If there were a "like" button, I would "like" this post. Just sayin'.

[redaxe]

Either write them on paper or phone their offices. While most reps have electronic means of contact, most of those, I'm told, are glossed over, at best. I may be fortunate that my Senators and Congressman have good staffs, but the times I've called them, they've been professional, and mostly aware of issues so that I didn't have to do Issue 101 with them.

Either way, so far, classic means of contact are still the best.