OTOH

Good versus “evil” ideology runs deep in border control mentality. Made Ben scarier by fact that those they think of as “evil” are people & families desperate to flee violence, abuse, death, trauma, & poverty. Looking to the United States w/ hope. https://t.co/h6CcyYblKq

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) January 29, 2022

If your job is patrolling the border to keep people out, you can understand the frustration with your job. Of course, the job of a police officer is not to lock up bad guys, or shoot anyone who looks like a threat. We have a fundamental problem with law enforcement officers understanding what “law enforcement” means.

these freakshows are turning pee into a fine mist and using it like air freshener because vaccines are scary you see https://t.co/WaVcksMFzv

— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 29, 2022

OTOH: Darwin Award winners.

Me in 1990: I bet by the time I’m really old, like 2022 or something, we’ll have flying cars and space colonies and a cure for cancer, because we’re so devoted to scientific progress as a nation

Actual 2022: pic.twitter.com/XOdLrHBfrw

— LesserHat* (@Popehat) January 29, 2022

I was promised a flying car by the end of the 60’s. And the cure for cancer is largely removing carcinogens from the environment. But since most carcinogens are the by-product of industrialized society, and money talks, we’re not going to make progress on either of those promises.

Punk kids.