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Gilgamech's avatar

I am grateful to Caitlin for bringing the horror and hypocrisy every single day. I couldn't do it. But I really think she should have taken the week off to recharge. She needs it and we need it. What happens if you mainline hate and horror all day every day without a break is it eventually rubs off on you and you start hating in random directions. Which is what happened. And dare I say, there may have been a little bit of outrage about her issue no longer being the focus of attention.

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Shagbark's avatar

I used to subscribe to Caitlin J’s Substack but I found it to be mostly handwringing (good quality, but handwringing nonetheless). How many ways can you call attention to obvious horror? Shall we all watch continuously in morbid fascination? Yes, witnessing is important. Yes, calling attention to the atrocities is important. However, writing about it constantly from every minute angle does fuck all to stop the violence. I’m a psychotherapist by trade, so I swim in trauma most days. There’s a reason folks are attracted to it. Better to work it out another way than submersion.

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