When "Resilience" is Used to Temper a Traumatized Community it Benefits the Powers-That-Be.

The City of New Orleans brought in the new year with one of the most horrific incidents in its history. And then state leaders rushed for commerce to resume.

Vigil in New Orleans via CNN

The first thing I saw on social media when I woke up on New Year’s Day was a post from a friend on Facebook that read “New Orleans… 😢😢💔💔💔,” and I was confused as to what had happened. I went to bed shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve and slept uninterrupted so I was completely oblivious to the catastrophic event that had occurred overnight. It didn’t take more than another scroll down my newsfeed, and a quick Google search to see what my friend was referencing, and as I was reading the details out loud and my wife was waking up, she assumed I was reading about a shooting that had taken place.

When I told her exactly what happened, we were both in utter disbelief.