I've been thinking about Green Jacket Woman. We don't talk enough about how it takes inner strength & mental toughness to walk thru a city remade by predatory capitalism & resist the urge to see every sad symptom of that devolution into a direct attack on you & your safety.
The way she roasted the Fox guy resonated w/a lot of ppl who have to keep explaining to out-of-towners that no, the city didn't burn down & no, the police weren't defunded. Seattle's a shithole but not because we don't demonize poor ppl enough--it's because we indulge the wealthy
@BrettHamil I’m sure the people who were attacked on the light rail with a hammer yesterday are thinking about that right now.
@BrettHamil Feeling this right now as a resident of Burien and how City leadership is criminalizing homelessness + a vocal contingent of people speaking at Council meetings don’t understand the systemic issues