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@aral This is even more extreme gaslighting than the Covid response in how it twists neglect and harm as being virtuous and a "cleansing" of "undesirables." Using the Holocaust to justify genocide is just so extremely cynical and dishonest....all while queer people, disabled people, Brown people and women are being oppressed by the far right and religious extremists at home.

My own shock does allow me to understand the denial a bit (and I experienced shock at the slow and fast horrors unfolding too, even if I'm not entirely surprised and so don't need to reflexively go into denial because I have a community that also sees reality even if we sometimes have different perspectives and opinions). I try to have some compassion for people who have less tools to manage and incorporate the reality of what is actually going on, if only to be able to collect them into constructive action and mutual aid at some point as things get even worse.