Gathering details: “Collapse” with Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger, Jan 15, 7pm (6pm Happy Hour), Port 393, Holland, MI
Dr. Bouma-Prediger and I have decided to expand our conversation beyond climate collapse.
We are living in a country where masked federal agents are terrorizing local communities around the country, arresting, beating, and killing residents with impunity. Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good and then called her a fucking bitch. Watch Kristi Noem answer a question about this.
Did you see that smirk at the end? They love this stuff. “The cruelty is the point,” as Adam Serwer concluded on October 3, 2018, in his prophetic article in the Atlantic. “President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.”
Administration officials lied to our faces, going so far as to call Renee Good a domestic terrorist and utilizing a technique known as “fuckery.” Journalist Ryan Grim explains.
Yesterday, the New York Times reported this from their interview with Donald Trump.
We have spent ten years denying reality because it was too painful, too scary. We made excuse after excuse for the MAGA movement. We talked about economic insecurity, globalization, misinformation, anything but the truth.
The conservative movement, fueled by white Christians, is a danger to the country and the world. We cannot change their minds. We will not vote our way out of this.
Steve and I will try to talk through this on Thursday. I hope to see you there.
