You have every right to be worried because lived experience tells you that it’s happened in other states. There’s a natural burnout in the human mind from managing this. You’ve got the spectrum of the human psyche tackling this in public, whether it’s the people who denied this from the start or people who believe the…

I’m in Chicago and I’m worried the downward trend we’re seeing won’t hold precisely because the social guidelines (mask wearing, distancing, hand washing) that keep the number of cases manageable will be ignored by businesses to try to make up lost revenue. That, and people thinking that because guidelines are…

I noticed the 'personal responsibility' drop in as well, and it's doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that sentence. I took it as his way of saying, no matter what happens, this is your problem, not ours. Don't worry, Republicans, the government is not here to help.

My Mom is a Texas Trumper. Even though the beaches, restaurants, and churches are packed, she is blaming the spike in cases on protesters

Florida Gulf Coast here. We aren’t in a hot zone, but I’m afraid we haven’t yet peaked. It’s amazing how many people I see in the grocery store not wearing a fucking mask. They are readily available now, so there’s no excuse other than assholery. We aren’t going out much at all and have only eaten out once (outdoors,…

The non-sequitur about freedom of speech Pence gave to explain why the administration’s corona parties aren’t hypocritical got all the attention, because it is amazingly stupid, but this line jumped out at me ever more:

Here in Florida a contributing factor was definitely the happy up talk state and local officials were spouting every day.

I can hardly wait the White House’s reaction when the Northeastern states move to stop travel from the infected states.

Speaking of New York, I was very happy to read this report this morning confirming that the Black Lives Matter protests over the past month haven’t caused a spike in new coronavirus cases in NYC:

“This is happening because much of the country around Memorial Day and the weeks that followed…opened up while we still had a large number of cases,”

As far as I’ve read, IL, NY, and NJ are the only three states to have met the Trump Administration’s guidelines for reopening (Guidelines they hate even though they put them out??), and their curves look like European countries.

Pence is an idiot, he misread his talking points notes and failed to correct himself of that mistake. The talking points said “fattened the curve” not flattened.

Absolutely, Kelly! We can’t have mob rule! We need to stop armed mobs from trying to storm state houses and threatening governors!

Just do your job. Be sensitive to those kids and understand that you can't FULLY know what they're going through, but that's okay. You're not expected to know exactly what it's like. You're trying to help them. That's what matters. Let them speak, don't assume you know things about them because you've worked with kids…

Isn't doing what you can all that you can do? It seems to me that you're an ally if you advance the cause for equality and reparations and not an ally if you don't. Some people might never accept your presence, some people might believe that you cannot help no matter what you do. But you don't need to win everyone…

To think someone can benefit from white privilege for decades and to be raised the product of an obviously un-equal society and not to let that seep in is kind of ridiculous.

Yeah, I think that we, as white people, HAVE to step away from the idea that racism is something intentional and conscious and deliberately cruel/prejudicial/harmful. It's so much more than that narrow set of racist actions, and it's absolutely true that we are ALL racist in that we have all internalized these ideas…

Didn't someone once say that he who is wisest is him who admits he knows nothing? I've found, equally paradoxically, that, as a white person, I may contribute less to the system of racism the more I recognize just how racist I truly am.

Not talk about it. You can just do the right thing without telling everyone. That's not only for issues of racism, it's also just a general rule. You shouldn't need positive reinforcement for being a decent person. Just be one.

I find most of this essay very powerful. One area I wonder about is where you think good white people feel like they should be rewarded - what should good white people do then? Not delete trolls? Not be outraged? Keep the outrage to themselves? I understand the frustration of people seemingly wanting to be…