Salty Nurse

@saltynurse.nursesky.network

ICU nurse, mom of a tween and a teen. Reader of fantasy, sci-fi and romance. Enjoyer of audiobooks. Pro-union for life. Healthcare is a human right- Medicare for all! My views are my own and don’t reflect my employer.

‘Radical’ comes from a Latin word meaning "root." Because roots are the deepest part of a plant, ‘radical’ came to describe things understood as fundamental or essential. ‘Radical change’ was a change at the root of a system.

I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.