Does it ever give anybody whiplash
to see how our society and culture seems to be becoming both simultaneously more progressive AND regressive at the same time?
On the one hand, social and cultural acceptance of LGBTQ+ has never been higher, yet there are some states where rights (to the extent they exist at all) are being curtailed- or lawmakers there are trying to find ways to curtail them.
Most people have bought the pro-choice/Roe V. Wade position on abortion, yet there are states that are trying to find ways to dilute and diminish and may, in fact, reverse Roe v. Wade and give them unfettered ability to prohibit and/or criminalize it.
There is growing awareness of the need to confront ugly racial and historical truths about our country and a desire to spread that awareness but there are states and lawmakers seeking to punish/block people's ability to learn about them.
A vast majority people believe in science and are trying to do the right thing in terms of stopping this pandemic, yet there are states actively BLOCKING mitigation efforts.
Lately, living in the US is more or less like living in crazytown.
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