So should I go to family Thanksgiving? It is just me, my mom, my uncle and my aunt. And MY POSSIBILY unvaccinated definitely unmasked cousin! But my mom is going. I just wish my aunt would tell her stepson he has to mask up!

Hi Gud!!

So apparently taking an assault rifle to a protest and killing a couple of folks is perfectly fine.

I'm just nauseous about the whole thing. If/when we get to a civil war in this country one side is both bat-shit crazy and armed. Very uncomfortable about all of this. In particular the loading of the courts with awful judges.

My view is, Rittenhouse was presumed innocent. The prosecution failed to convince the jury otherwise.

I was very surprised that Rittenhouse testified. At the one criminal trial where I was a jury member, the prosecution left room for reasonable doubt. Then the defendant testified and quickly removed that doubt. My take-away was, if you are a defendant, never testify.

That non-decision is just fucking awful and I don't know what to do about it.

Sophia, the rest of you are all vaxxed? It'll be inside and you'll all have to unmask while eating, right? Man, I don't know.

I'm doing Thanksgiving with my parents this year - they are fully vaxxed and boosted, I am vaxxed but not yet boosted, we have all been masking up when out in the world, I think we are probably pretty safe. I had forgotten that we opted out of getting together last year until I saw the decision come up in my FB memories, which made me second guess a little bit, but that was pre-vaccination

I can understand the decision of not guilty for some of the counts, but not for all of them. If you arm yourself and go to a place where there is an angry crowd and end up killing someone because you felt threatened, it just doesn't seem right to not bear any responsibility. That can justify a lot of killing.

Fortunately, everybody we are having Thanksgiving with are vaxxed. I have some very conservative in-laws, but they are blessedly not anti-vax.

Yes -t, we are all vaccinated and my mom aunt and I are boostered this week. It is probably a non issue, but I am just angry. Also, I have realized that it is really hard to get a Covid test if you don’t drive, because everything is drive through. If we even have the sniffles, we need the test to work.

I'm doing Thanksgiving with my parents this year - they are fully vaxxed and boosted, I am vaxxed but not yet boosted, we have all been masking up when out in the world, I think we are probably pretty safe. I had forgotten that we opted out of getting together last year until I saw the decision come up in my FB memories, which made me second guess a little bit, but that was pre-vaccination

Yep, same. Everyone 12+ will be vaxxed (and I think boosted), and we're doing pre-trip tests just in case. (The one under-12 will be half-vaxxed, which is the best we can do given how late the FDA approvals came in.)

I am so done with this country and the disease of gun culture and racism.

I'm on my way home for Thanksgiving right now, although COVID cases are spiking in Michigan and that makes me nervous. Everyone who will be there is fully vaxxed and almost all boosted except the under 12s, who got their first shots recently.

My extended family, though? Let's just say that I will be putting my foot down if my parents think I'm spending time at Christmas with any family members who have chosen not to be vaccinated.