8/31/2020

My dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

            I am weary. I suspect you are, too. I am lucky that I am a woman & it’s ok for me to admit it. I can cry (as I often do these days) lament, express my despair & then somehow soldier on. You, on the other hand, are an alpha male who is supposed to be tough, strong & impervious to human emotion. Your only outlet for your frustration is anger & aggression. Some call that masculine toxicity. I find the term, “macho bullshit” more apt.

            I’m afraid that’s what we are seeing in Kenosha & Portland. Young men who have spent their formative years in front of their play station with too much testosterone leaving their screens behind & hitting the streets, thinking that they are the masters of the universe. Being young, their pre-frontal cortexes are still maturing so they are not so good at regulating the norepinephrine and dopamine released when they are in a stressful situation. It’s not surprising that they panic & get violent. When they have a gun in their hands, they get lethal. It’s the case for the police, for your supporters & for the BLM protestors.

            I would appreciate it if you would recognize this tendency in yourself & set an example for every XY carrier in the world by vowing to change. I appreciate that you tried to show your kinder, gentler side at your convention last week. We need to see more of that & less of the hostile tweeting that you did this morning.  We need our chief executive to use the executive control in his brain to stay calm.

We are suffering out here. Please stop encouraging those impulsive teenagers to “protect” property. They are not suited to the job. You might instead call on the Raging Grannies to put on their masks & sing their way to reconciliation. That might be just the surprise that our nation needs.

I encourage you to postpone your trip to Kenosha.

HYITL,