bsky.app/profile/niki... As Nikita Gill reminds us, this - what we have been living and what is killing our neighbors- is very much America.

Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.

One concept I keep coming back to as a key to understanding America is "regeneration through violence," coined by Richard Slotkin in his 1973 book on the mythology of the early frontier. www.oupress.com/978080613229...

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

bsky.app/profile/matt... Slavery is White History. We white people need to take responsibility for it and the unending aftermath for Black people. We need to create and commit to solutions, including a meaningful truth and reconciliation process and Reparations.

bsky.app/profile/kjmo... This is a must-read every year.

The entire point of military is to protect own civilians not to dominate them...