Keep Calm

Keep Calm and Carry On?

In the wake of a multitude of trauma and tragedies this country and people have faced these last few months I am getting a bit sick of people who haven't been directly affected telling those that have how they should feel and react.

"Calm down."

"Let's not get angry."

"Stop shouting and being unreasonable."

"You're not being logical."

Fuck off. Just fuck right off. Pain and grief are psychologically and naturally full of rage. It is a normal human reaction to the sudden and needless death.
I mean how many dead children is an okay amount to lose? How many people do you have to see die before your eyes before you are entitled NOT to be calm?
How many Government lies about these deaths are an okay number of lies? How many communities destroyed is too many?
At what point is outrage okay?
"I lost a hamster once in 1983, I think their taking this grief thing a bit far!"
Grief is not logical. Grief is not some containable emotion. It is the tearing of something intrinsic.
It is our basic human need to connect and if you have no idea how loss feels then your either really lucky or a sociopath. Neither of which entitle you to police people's real and raw emotions.
This Government is (and this Prime Minister is) culpable for these tragedies because of her policies people have died. They waged war on our public services from the police to the fire service, demonised and threatened immigrant communities all while taking away safety regulations for their own profit.
Direct, and logical.
These are the facts.
The facts are not pretty and it is likely that there will not be justice or truth for these people as there are gag orders placed on the media preventing them from telling it.
 When is it enough?
When it's your baby?
When it's your friend?
When it's your community?
We must let these communities and even as a country feel it, feel it all. We must not become numb the the pain of it. We can not normalise these tragedies. We can't afford the cost in human lives to "keep calm and carry on" any more.