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Mic Drop Cruelty
The words must have seemed clever. That’s probably why she sent them out into the world. The pediatrician wrote, “May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry. Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.” After losing her job and receiving widespread scorn, she apologized for the post. She explained that people had “the false impression that I made it after the devastating loss of life was known.” She said she posted it before she knew “so many precious lives were lost to the terrible tragedy.” What did she mean by “so many”? How many deaths does it take to be a “devastating loss of life”? How many lives must be lost before we see it as a tragedy and not fodder for jokes and political gut punches?
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