JVL, thank you for writing this. It is so clear-eyed, and even though it's horrifying and depressing, knowing that someone else is seeing this and calling it out is a relief. I live in a north Texas suburb where it seems like people fall into two main catagories: 1) largely unaware of what's happening and consider any innocents swept up …
JVL, thank you for writing this. It is so clear-eyed, and even though it's horrifying and depressing, knowing that someone else is seeing this and calling it out is a relief. I live in a north Texas suburb where it seems like people fall into two main catagories: 1) largely unaware of what's happening and consider any innocents swept up kind of a bummer but able to be shrugged off as a cost of doing business. 2) Thrilled because they are fully bought into all the maga propaganda and they think deporting people is going to "solve the housing crisis" and other nonsense. It's hard not to feel like I'm drowning alone in a sea of hatred. I will never understand how people can so easily deny the humanity of others. I'm not sure if we can get all these people to open their eyes, but I think we should call this out for what it is at every opportunity. I appreciate everyone at The Bulwark for doing just that.
Read the New York Review of Books review of Hitler's People and look especially into the face of the pretty young woman who seriously thought the GIs entering the camp she was guarding would help her clear out the dead bodies around her. They hanged her 8 months later.
JVL, thank you for writing this. It is so clear-eyed, and even though it's horrifying and depressing, knowing that someone else is seeing this and calling it out is a relief. I live in a north Texas suburb where it seems like people fall into two main catagories: 1) largely unaware of what's happening and consider any innocents swept up kind of a bummer but able to be shrugged off as a cost of doing business. 2) Thrilled because they are fully bought into all the maga propaganda and they think deporting people is going to "solve the housing crisis" and other nonsense. It's hard not to feel like I'm drowning alone in a sea of hatred. I will never understand how people can so easily deny the humanity of others. I'm not sure if we can get all these people to open their eyes, but I think we should call this out for what it is at every opportunity. I appreciate everyone at The Bulwark for doing just that.
Read the New York Review of Books review of Hitler's People and look especially into the face of the pretty young woman who seriously thought the GIs entering the camp she was guarding would help her clear out the dead bodies around her. They hanged her 8 months later.