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Tim Barrus New York Times
Tim Barrus New York Times An Open Letter to Dr. Fauci https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/world/coronavirus-live-updates.html#commentsContainer&permid=107865923:107865923 In the beginning of the pandemic, I thought Dr. Fauci would definitely become front and center as our defense against covid. But he was outfoxed by power and Trump. Now, he stands behind Trump with his hands folded…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
I am never shocked. But I am shocked to see the photographs. This is called denial. This is called Nothing Happened. This is called death. Cultural denial begins with leadership. He’s steering himself. Only himself. He’s floundering. We did this to us. We must take responsibility for it. We bought…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
“False and misleading statements.” That cotton candy phrase again. The entire Trump narrative is a LIE. The lies just keep coming. But we weaken their power, especially with the use of the term: misleading. As if this slip of the tongue takes us by accident down the Trump rabbit hole.…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
The definition of evil has to do with indifference. When American democracy is indifferent to the American people, democracy itself risks being rendered as an amusing afterthought, one that cannot stand in the face of a dictaorship. Power is power, and people who have it will pull out the big…
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His Face Is Naked
Tim Barrus: New York Times I live in Appalachia. If Trump doesn’t wear a mask, my neighbors do not have to wear a mask. “No One Can Make Us.” There is no disease expert to advise us on ignorance. There is no disease expert to advice us on fear. There…
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No Cock No Cure No Compatibility
Tim Barrus in the New York Times I wish I could, but I am unable to share in the idea of idealism. There is no real evidence – only the anecdotal – to indicate we as a culture will not fail. We have already failed. We failed to elect a…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
It is difficult to stomach the victorious, scorched-earth Trump has left us with. We are breathlessly irrelevant. Still in shock from 2016. Shock, too, is irrelevant. It is more than shocking to hear a Republican call for unity. Where is the evidence that Republicans are even slightly, actually seeking unity.…
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Traveling to Golgotha
Just traveling. As I write this, if you haven’t written on an iPhone, you haven’t lived, we’re barreling through West Virginia. West Virginia kinda creeps me out. The New York Times has published a piece on adolescent male relationships. Set against the context of what they call: the sleepover. You…
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Bone Spurs: Tim Barrus: New York Times
The latest Democratic debate only forces me to wonder what the fuck. WHY. BOTHER. The Nazis are not going to allow you to win shit. Nevertheless, the debate was fascinating. Most of the actors played themselves. Their messages were more finely tuned that at any time before. That was not…
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Hunger in Appalachia: Tim Barrus: New York Times
Inspirational films tell us to climb every mountain. Try climbing legislative mountains that would bring food to Appalachia. I live in Appalachia. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recognizes this part of the country, and southern Ohio as — Appalachia — and lists it as distressed. Terminology code for the…
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Genetic Mutation in HIV: Tim Barrus in the New York Times
I’m with anything that will take out HIV. That particular species should be burned crisper than toast, slashed, nuked, bombed, extinguished, executed, shot by drones, mutated out of existence, and squashed. I’m with eradication. But what about the rogue nation that keeps the virus around. Like us. But what about…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times: Boys Who Do Sex Work
I teach boys called the Hard To Reach. More stigma. Most have done lots of sex work. Many have HIV. Some have starred in porn where the age of consent is fluid, often fictional, and enhanced youth in post-production. My work is exhausting and most traditional teachers vividly do not…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
I never asked to be here. My life has always has been a painful, vile thing. My parents are dead and I blame them. I slug it out day-to-day. There are too many children, too many irresponsible, self-inflated parents who have kids for their own indifferent reasons. They are only…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times: Boys Raped
Some kids have never had real parents. They have always parented themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/style/snowplow-parenting-scandal.html?comments#permid=31096013 College admission? I work with young adolescent boys with HIV. In rural Appalachia. Reading about parenting is like reading about Mars. Every boy has been raped. You think not. Overly dramatic. Yet rape is a way of…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/opinion/state-of-the-union-trump.html?comments#permid=30490843 We have cut off our own balls and have presented them steaming and kneeling before our master on our knees and on our knees. You cannot make government yourself. You cannot remake it yourself. Not when absolute power is in your face. I have suggested to people that a…