I'm still processing the events of January 6, and what seemed to be clear at the time is being spun yet again by the QAnon crazies. Antifa in disguise? (no) Patriots? (h*ll no) It's been amusing to hear those apologize who got caught and fired from their jobs or arrested--a bit late for regrets! Yet after all the outrage, what will actually change?
How many died to prevent that flag from being in our Capitol? It tells us something about many (not all) of these particular Trump supporters.
How many fought and perished in WWII, yet that idiot is wearing a Camp Auschwitz shirt? How many more times can I say how dangerous some of these people's crazy ideas are? I was taken aback that the guy in the red hat looked a lot like my ex-boyfriend (Henry), but Henry is/was very liberal and a Trump hater, so I know he wasn't there. In an aside, both Henry and my current boyfriend John are bearded and have huge pick up trucks; I was a bit concerned about their politics when I first started dating them. Stereotyping, I know. :(
This was the police presence at a BLM protest that was peaceful. Yet every strategy that law enforcement trains in to handle protests was ignored in the case of the pro-Trump group. Were some in the Capitol Police(and other federal agencies) incompetent, poor planners or complicit? Our Allies are wondering.
New Jersey Representative Andy Kim was helping to clean up the substantial (and sometimes gross) messes from the insurrection(riot? coup? idiocy? all of the above?) I was uplifted by this photo.
This made me laugh, but also roll my eyes VERY HARD. I truly believe that this isn't finished, and that we have much more to face from the lunatic fringe.
Thankfully, my walking does provide me with some beautiful sights...
My cat comforts me with lots of cuddles in the morning...
when she's not trying to attack my coffee or milk frother!
Here I was disturbing her nap. My parents came up for their Zoom doctor appointment, and she didn't like the disruption to her routine. The hematologist didn't have much good to say about Dad's prognosis, which was expected, but still hard to hear. This whole week has been challenging to my emotions and mental state.
