i am at my limit.
skimming the wikipedia article.
i. am. at. my. limit.
The poison caused death within five minutes for children, less for babies, & an estimated 20–30 minutes for adults.
The concoction was prepared with the help of Jonestown’s in-house doctor, Larry Schacht, a Texan native & former methamphetamine addict who got sober with the help of Jones, who subsequently paid for his college education to become a doctor. Schacht had been researching the best ways for a person to die in advance of the foreseen mass suicide.
70 or more individuals at Jonestown were injected with poison, & 1/3rd of the victims were minors. Guards armed with firearms & crossbows had been ordered to shoot anyone who attempted to flee the settlement as Jones lobbied for suicide.
spending some time to listen
out of respect for someone giving their time
is not synonymous with "drinking the coolaid" which? is a really hurtful expression, by the way, about something that still won't be funny, not even in 2,000 years from now nostr:note18zzkujucdfq4pdvzk0d69520st55r2urve8nv5c6wqcs327p39ssfh9tg2
the pictures are somewhere
on one of my external harddrives
megan phelps-roper
i even remember the color of her earmuffs
the westboro baptist people?
it was not warm that day
& they had small children with them, too
gave a whole morning, whole afternoon, whole day, in whatever weather, to stand there
it means something
standing all day somewhere with a sign
people came to agreement, chose a day, made the signs, decided to stand there
in syracuse i even observed but did not speak to but did not antagonize westboro baptist family people
ive hung out chattin with those laroche psychos outside my local postoffice
i've hung out with the people outside the local planned parenthood
no matter for inane, benign, absurd, or hurtful
which is why
protest & right to protest
& defense of right to protest matters
or abstaining
which is a choice
silence in that case
means consent
slowness isnt indecision
its savoring
doing nothing during indecision or dissent
is wise yea but a different thing entirely
that's sitting on your hands
to take anything
these feathers
that one wing
is a contract to give
in oodles & spades
i dont arrive anywhere as a tourist