I sympathise. It's a horrible feeling. I wish that knowing how normal this is, would help with dealing with it ...but it doesn't. I just keep trying to not get trapped in my head. Hugs and warm hopes for better feelings.

But Vance will step into his shoes...but yes, eventually they will be gone. Like the USSR? Or the Black Death maybe?

Nope, he's just a handy scapegoat for a light coating of whitewash, fundamentally NOTHING out of Fart towers will change.

Yes maybe they can choose someone with a backbone and a proven record of striving to support Manchester.

When are you going to turn around and do the same to your lesbian and bi colleagues, if you feel so fucking threatened? Morons.

No hope for a proper solution whilst wealth inequality remains unaddressed. We are living with the consequences of failed economic dogma, that desperatly needs to be ditched.

I'm loving your version of the trans brolly...went looking for a RL version...no joy. A sales opportunity?

Unfortunately, though it's nowhere near utopia, we can't walk away from this species and as far as I can see we are always the problem... and the solution.

My confrontations have been minor but still scary. I agree that what those brave people are facing is fucking scary. I'm scared seeing the gobsmacking brazeness of it. I hope when my turn comes I can be as brave. I'm just wraking my brain on how to combat the anonymity that turns thugs into monsters

I'm sorry I was unclear. I understand that raising hands to anyone's face will provoke an even more hostile response and they clearly need little provocation to murder. I meant as a victim is being manhandled why there aren't more "accidental / incidental" unmaskings.

I'm puzzled by why no one even seems to try pulling off their face coverings?

That's what's sad and scary. I still believe the majority of people are decent...the problem is TPTB have convinced us we're powerless, or left us with limited resources to fight back.

More than "somewhat"...though I guess my fear, anger and disgust have now spread to cover so many things it's difficult to focus too big a share of my attention on some of them and still keep existing.