it starts to feel like I’m letting them win if I stay home because of them but I also know it’s not in me tonight to do something if I see them harassing or kidnapping a neighbor it’s not pleasant mental math to do
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It's a marathon not a sprint. We learned in 2020 that some nights you gotta stay home to take care of yourself. It'll take all of us giving what we can. You don't have to do it all.
aug 23, 2025, 1:09 am • 0 0 • view
you're not letting them win if you stay home and take care of yourself, this is going to be a marathon, not a sprint, and you're not obligated to witness it
aug 22, 2025, 11:48 pm • 17 0 • view
I’m usually a “go out and take care of myself” person but I guess it’s time to recalibrate but thanks for saying the necessary out loud 💙
aug 23, 2025, 12:01 am • 11 0 • view
I actually wonder how much anyone else in America can conceptualize this. Los Angeles also going though it of course but that area is SO much larger than DC it’s similar to what some neighborhoods saw in 2020 (they rolled out the tanks where I was) or parts of DC around big events—but not the same?
aug 23, 2025, 12:00 am • 24 2 • view