Thread by @CaseyExplosion

I talk a big game about being kind, but I'll be honest...

Deep down, there's a part of me that is seething with anger. I'm furious about how so many of our governments have mishandled this pandemic, and put profit above human lives. There's a quiet rage that's got nowhere to go.

And I know that so many others are feeling that same anger and frustration, and I want you to know you're not alone, even if we're all isolated and having a hard time with a lack of human contact, some of you having lost friends and loved ones. That anger is just and valid.

We have, all of us, lost out on a year of our lives. Not just lost... Robbed. And I'm seething over it.

So if I'm talking about being kind to one another, I want you all to know, I'm not just trying to plaster over that anger with some nice platitudes. We owe it to each other.

We owe each other kindness because that anger can find ways to leak out, and we can lash out and hurt people, often unintentionally. We owe each other kindest because we're sure as hell not going to get any from our governments, who are more concerned with the short term profit.

I feel so powerless, like I have no control, and it can be so easy, tempting even, to lash out and try to exert control over little things, just to feel even for a fleeting moment that we do have some power, that we do have some control over something... Anything.

Part of being kind to each other is remembering not to misdirect that anger and pent up frustration. Never forget what it is you're angry about, and there the blame for this hideously mishandled and avoidable pandemic should be.

Didn't expect this thread to resonate so strongly with folks. It was more just me getting something out.