I'm Fired Up Now! - A Rant

[Waldo]

Originally Posted by apretty

i feel really on-edge over the racism in arizona, too.

so much so that ez wants me to take a break and 'unplug' and i'm considering it. ...and what stops me is this is *really* happening and looking away does what/helps who? i get caught up feeling like this is an *emergency* --there's no time to 'unplug'.

I totally understand both sides of this. After Bush won his first presidential election I stopped watching the news. I stopped reading the paper. I was far too angry. Dumbfounded really.

But turning our backs on this isn't going to help. But taking a break now and then? Probably a good idea.