Thank you, Lane, for raising your voice in this powerful piece. We can't just adapt to this new norm of fear like a lobster heating up in a pot of water. Your piece is putting the spark under me to attend the local meetings of Moms Demand Common Sense Gun Safety. We have to keep shouting and protesting and writing letters.
Thanks for what you said about David French's urging parents to attend to their mental health. He misses the bigger picture, which you so ably capture.
My mind is racing after the news today. There needs to be a radical shift and I wish it didn’t feel insurmountable, but why aren’t articles like this on the front page of the news? How is this even up for debate? I want proof that the little efforts we make as individuals (attending meetings, donating, signing petitions, calling our reps) will result in drastic change. Because those list items are beginning to feel like “thoughts and prayers” at this point. I can’t wait until 2024 anymore to try to vote someone else in. This is absolute insanity.
Sometimes, especially when so many of my worries are condensed into a piece like this, it feels utterly unbelievable that I have chosen to raise my kids here, and not in a country where the US's "progressive" would be considered right-wing there. I want my children safe. I want to be safe. I want the system to support parents and children and families and communities. Sheesh.
Thank you, Ani, for attending Moms demand. I have attended a Zoom meeting and I think one of the challenges is that Americans and esp parents are stretched so thin that we hardly have space to advocate for ourselves.
Thank you for being there in person. I donate. Being there is much more powerful.
Thank you, Lane, for raising your voice in this powerful piece. We can't just adapt to this new norm of fear like a lobster heating up in a pot of water. Your piece is putting the spark under me to attend the local meetings of Moms Demand Common Sense Gun Safety. We have to keep shouting and protesting and writing letters.
Thanks for what you said about David French's urging parents to attend to their mental health. He misses the bigger picture, which you so ably capture.
My mind is racing after the news today. There needs to be a radical shift and I wish it didn’t feel insurmountable, but why aren’t articles like this on the front page of the news? How is this even up for debate? I want proof that the little efforts we make as individuals (attending meetings, donating, signing petitions, calling our reps) will result in drastic change. Because those list items are beginning to feel like “thoughts and prayers” at this point. I can’t wait until 2024 anymore to try to vote someone else in. This is absolute insanity.
Sometimes, especially when so many of my worries are condensed into a piece like this, it feels utterly unbelievable that I have chosen to raise my kids here, and not in a country where the US's "progressive" would be considered right-wing there. I want my children safe. I want to be safe. I want the system to support parents and children and families and communities. Sheesh.
Thank you, Ani, for attending Moms demand. I have attended a Zoom meeting and I think one of the challenges is that Americans and esp parents are stretched so thin that we hardly have space to advocate for ourselves.
Thank you for being there in person. I donate. Being there is much more powerful.