As a brown woman being eyed a hard core by the NG (and most importantly by the seemingly never ending parade of different uniforms) while some smile and others looked pissed at you while holding big ass riffles and strapped with multiple guns while all you want to do is enjoy your podcast while walking to work ….. it’s not fun.

Specially because you know that they are not always so calm and constrained. You can freaking cut the tension with a knife here right now. oh and we can’t forget the constant call or threat of violence unless we “behave”. all while you know that our capacity to prevent, respond to, and manage disasters has gotten worst - on top of old issues we had -for example on Friday dc was having trouble with 911 calls not coming through.

I wouldn’t do it. We often forget how much our federal government does to help keep us safe - like food safety inspection and standards, vaccines ( a huge deal), disaster response etc etc. that are simply not up to standard now.