Hey, I listened to the Cult Podcast's coverage of the events of the past week and felt compelled to get on my soapbox, with my limited understanding of politics and statistics, and put my 2 cents forward. 

I apologize to any claims I may have made because I don't have the information to properly back it up. We live in a unique time where the abundance of news sources, coupled with an abundance of different investor's interests, make it so one event can seem like the Hindenburg disaster, whereas in a different paper, someone will make it out to be "some of the more panderings of the lamestream media" and many very good, honest, and virtuous people unfortunately place a lot of trust in news sources I'm almost certain are pandering lies, but I can't probably cite or vouch for, because I'm just too lazy and put a lot of my energy into music, and feel it would be too much work to be able to find exactly how and why a source is incorrect. What I can say is this:

When someone says "All Lives Matter" in response to "Black Lives Matter", it is akin to calling up 911 when your house is on fire, mentioning casually as your kitchen burns down that your house is on fire, and having the operator on the other line, rather than calling an ambulance, correcting you, like a gradeschool teacher, to remember that other houses in America are on fire, too. 

Some people are unable to see that because of societal and contextual information in their lives which contradicts it, and I've been blessed to be able to live my own life and, through my own agency, decide for myself what is right; for those who feel walled in, by family members or friends, to take a certain political stance, I have compassion and empathy for you, and I hope that one day you can feel the courage to speak your truth without fear of losing the validation of your mother or your best friend.

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