The endless cycle of outrage and reform over policing in America
Entrenched practices reemerge when monitors move on, leadership changes and public scrutiny wanes. (NEWSWEEK)
This, rant, is NOT JUST about the lack of will to move forward with Police Reform…this rant is about THE LACK OF WILL by the public to move forward in most types of REFORM from Gun Violence, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Gender Identity Biases, and Fascism…once the HUBUB has receded, it seems the politicians re-discover their HUBRIS, and pretend, OUTRAGE was so yesterday, and get away with their WHITEWASHING of history. Of course, there is enough PUBLIC OUTCRY, but if we look closely at the GROUNDHOG DAY EFFECT, and the EFFECTIVENESS of the Republican/FOX/Christian Evangelical/1% Domestic Terrorist/ Dark Money Spin Machine to change the subject, or SUBJECT the issue as a PROGRESSIVE PLOT, our Tears and Fears turn into FOLLY, and the rest of America seems to FORGET!
Think about it…at least 2,000 people have been killed or injured in mass shootings since 1999 when 13 students were killed at Columbine High School…One out of 44 adults – 2.27 percent of the total U.S. voting-eligible population–is disenfranchised ...90 state lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct since 2017…With Eight Anti-LGBTQ Bills Already Enacted Into Law In States This Year — and Ten More Awaiting Governors' Signatures…The Big Lie is still being told, and the INSURRECTION on January 6, is ignored (Reuters)…
My Grandma Braff would tell my siblings and me, “When you hear people say TUT-TUT, it is NOT worth the worry, BE WORRIED!” She then, would stand perfectly erect, stare into someplace in the void of time gone by, and add, “The spit of the TUT-TUT, cannot compare to the SWEAT, of actually making things change; IT is not worth its weight in salt!”
