i didnt say it justified it; only that it explains why we have so many members of society on edge right now. nothing has been normal since 2016 since blm riots, the maga movement, the pandemic, and the normalization of anti-science, conspiracy theory, and pervasive online misinformation. weve beared witness to extreme inequality in our police forces handling of black perpetrators and a movement resulting in riot and pushback from some of our most openly racist fundamentalists. conspiracy has taken over our beliefs in a fair democratic election, and pandemic that led a generation away from society where our values and beliefs were shaped by social media rather than the company of other men and reality of what really mattered outside this realm. weve witnessed invasion by both rogue governments and terrorists on free sovereignty, a failed end to a series of never ending wars in the middle east. weve watched our government lie without impunity or shame; a government that once prioritized protection of the weak, put the environment before ourselves and and other acts of selflessness deemed woke, to a nation where one need be wealthy or command armies to be deemed worthy of respect. the application of law is no longer to retain unity or harmony in society but as a tool for petty vengeance, a means to advance racism and bigotry, a wedge to separate and damn those as perceived enemies, a tool of oligarchs to squeeze more blood out of an already overtaxed society; a distraction from an inability to govern properly.  in a nutshell, things aint looking so great here. were very much on edge.
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