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There is a part of me that really just wants to give up on society. Impulsively, I want to destroy all of my electronics, eradicate my social media, and insulate myself and my family from everything. 1/
There is a part of me that really just wants to give up on society. Impulsively, I want to destroy all of my electronics, eradicate my social media, and insulate myself and my family from everything. 1/
If I was 25, instead of 35, I probably would do the first 3 things here. It's so hard to hold on to hope when American society just seems hell bent on destroying itself. I do not understand why society insists on division, instead of unity. 2/
Why are we engrained with the notion that anybody is superior to anybody? Why do we constantly feel the need to prove ourselves better than our fellow Americans? Why are civil discussion and reason no longer the preferred discourse? 3/
How did so many people become so firmly entrenched in a stance that there's no way to express a remotely differing view without a clarification? How has America become an "agree with me or you're part of the problem" country? Why is this so loudly encouraged? 4/
Obviously, none of us were there when the Bill of Rights was drafted. I refuse to believe our Founding Fathers had this line of thinking in mind when the 1st Amendment was penned. What would they think of 2020 America? Nobody knows. 5/
How do we return to "normalcy?" This is not it. This is not it. I'm tweeting this thread for 2 reasons. 1: I'm trying to get a wider scope because I don't have all the answers like so many on this platform think they do. Newsflash: You don't know everything. None of you do. 6/
2: I'm terrified of this country's future for my daughter. I'm terrified that this is becoming the normal and that my upbringing will be referred to as "the good ole days." I was always led to believe that we are supposed to leave the world a better place for our children. 7/
