Thread by @Advo_Katy

I just spent 30 horrible minutes on Twitter watching looting and rioting across the nation. A business owner being beat to a pulp by “protesters” for trying to defend his business. A little girl screaming as people wash pepper spray from her eyes. 1/6

Atlanta’s mayor begging for businesses, most minority owned, not to be destroyed juxtaposed with images of looting. A police woman on the ground being dragged away by rioters so they can do God knows what to her. Reporters fleeing in fear from mobbing protesters. 2/6

Then I watched the last minutes of George Floyd’s life on video with my sons.

I am trying to keep myself from vomiting.

Honest question. What do we do, friends? 3/6

My friends of every color, some native and some immigrants, some with criminal records and some in law-enforcement, some Republicans and some Democrats- and many who cross-cut those groups in surprising ways- often sit and eat and laugh together. 4/6

But online, these groups are pitted against one another, “they” are always to blame. How can we respond to instances of injustice without permitting the innocent to be targeted? How can we get media to reflect the goodwill Americans have for others rather than fuel division? 5/6

Depending on the day, I have either dozens of answers to those questions, or zero answers. Today it’s zero.

What say you? What concrete steps could we take - either personally or politically - to improve the current wretched state of our nation?