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How to Stop the Shouting?
Dehumanizing is the problem, and shame ain't gonna work.
I dehumanized Trump by calling him a “dumpster pumpkin.” I’m not sorry yet, but I’m working on it. The people that I see as blindly following him are almost animals to me as well, and that has to stop. My disbelief-turned grief-turned fear-turned rage blocks my compassion.
And yet, my need to see accountability is all our need for accountability. There can be no unity without it. Truly, if there is no justice, then there will be no peace. Two pieces of widely available, recently posted media made me stop and think. I hope you will give them a watch and a listen.
I’m not one to have my interest piqued by the Governator (I was a LOT more interested in Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise.) But, this video circulated so widely that I decided to give it a watch before yoga the other night. And, WOW! Arnold speaks to intergenerational trauma and shame on such a personal level, and what that does to the individual and the community in such a striking and compelling way. I implore you to watch:
