Neither option is good long-term.

If you check out forever, this shit is only going to get worse. If you stay angry all the time, you’ll be punishing yourself about something you cannot control.

Check out for the next year or two, then switch to unbridled hatred during midterms.

After that, check out until the next federal election. When that comes around, you know what to do.

My “laugh at the tragedy” defense mechanism has been getting a workout. It helps that most of the news is absurd

There’s very little we can do for 2 years. We have to watch the weakest and most marginalized among us be subjected to the full corrupted power of the systems we set up to protect them.

Both, but outrage on the 1 day a week.

Yep. Keep calm and punch Nazis.

Stop. Stop posting memes about me.

Your outrage won’t prevent it from becoming the new normal.