We Care More About Politics Than Child Abuse

<p>Yesterday, I published a story about the awful state of children&rsquo;s welfare in Tennessee. It&rsquo;s a piece I spent three days working on, trying to help readers connect some dots and understand how truly corrupt and hypocritical our lawmakers can be.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s easy enough to read separate headlines about all of the terrible things that have happened and are happening in Tennessee, but it&rsquo;s much harder to find anyone willing to talk about the combined effect.</p> <p>How it puts more of our kids in danger.</p> <p>People often read terrible headlines about sexual abuse happening in Tennessee schools and churches. We&rsquo;ve got a ton of abuse scandals down here. They clutch their pearls, they wring their hands, they &quot;heart&quot; posts about it on Instagram.</p> <p>At the moment, there&rsquo;s an IG post about my story from yesterday, with 687 &quot;likes.&quot;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@Shesreallyfat/we-care-more-about-politics-than-child-abuse-fc31e7a699a5"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>