The dress is resistance. Joy is resistance. Yes all this shit is awful and happening but if we’re not also doing things to support others and bring up people who are being marginalized and scapegoated, then the oppressors are winning.

I agree it’s fucking stupid to fight about it, and yes, it’s a distraction, but that doesn’t take away from the real pain that people are feeling that is caused by these distraction tactics.

Two things can co-exist, and everything is related.

Is this the state of the press now?

No? What gave you that impression? The only semi-serious press I see about this is from the sports column of USA Today. Everything else – what little there is – is tabloid trash like The Daily Beast or the Daily Mail (don’t construe this as me putting those on the same level; a tide pool and an abyssal trench are both in the ocean).

Just because something on Twitter says “BREAKING” doesn’t mean it’s receiving actual coverage. “The press” isn’t a monolith.

distraction keeps us from fighting back.

This is the distraction for the white, christonationalist straight people. Those predisopsitioned to support ICE. The aging boomers who are not distressed by current events. All those barking to comply.

Rage bait for engagement exists at all levels.