New Design, Outrage without teeth

Yesterday my box of EUC Army shirts arrived. Of course I wasted little time before I pulled out one to try it on. The shirt is a higher quality version and softer than prior shirts I have had made. The print quality seems really good, I am pleased with the outcome. I may sell a few of these but for the most part they will be given away to be utilized as free advertising since the website address is on the back.

Yesterday the big news was a woman being shot in the face in the middle of an ICE raid. From the video it is clear that there was no reason for the ICE officer to fire. It seemed like the white woman in her mid-30s was freaking out due to what was going on, panicked and just wanted to get away from the situation. Despite Trump saying the officer was “run over” clearly that was not the case. As you would expect widespread outrage was the reaction to the incident. Let’s talk about that word.

To me outrage means basically nothing at this point. The reason it means nothing is because outrage again and again has proven to result in very little change or outcome that is tangible. How many times since Trump entered politics has the word outrage been used when describing the reaction to his statements, decisions and actions? Far too many to accurately count.

I used to think that outrage was a word that was a prelude to action. Now it is more like screaming into a vacuum. Everyone expresses outrage over these terrible things that are going on daily yet nothing really changes as a result. Especially in the federal government, consequences seem to be something that no longer exist thanks to lawmakers that are too fearful of repercussions to take the necessary actions to hold people that are doing outrageous/illegal things accountable. The system is broken and I don’t think we have the ability to fix it any time soon.