https://the.ink/p/kaylin-ralph-and-the-death-of-anonymous

#AnonymousTrust ... It's a great descriptor. I think #MrRogers would've called it being a #neighbor #DrKing would've called it #brotherhood

However you think about it, the hundreds of years #America spent building a #society where it was generally rational not to fear strangers are unraveling.

Thinking on my life, the beginning of the end was probably #StrangerDanger. The completely made up epidemic of child abductions by strangers. I'm not saying no child got abducted. But children usually get abducted by people they know, not strangers.

So kids who grew up in the #1980s have kids of their own now, and they're in their 40s, many are watching FOX News today, hearing the "world is dangerous" message for decades, and ignoring their #lyingeyes. No one they know has been abducted or killed by strangers. #Fear, fear, and more fear.

And a stranger suddenly appears, and they have a #gun, so they shoot them first.

#GunSafety #TrustYourNeighbors