Counterpoint: We are not traumatized, we are polarized. You can layer paragraph upon paragraph about how things are bad, but they've often been far worse, and

Counterpoint: We are not traumatized, we are polarized. You can layer paragraph upon paragraph about how things are bad, but they've often been far worse, and far more tumultuous. Segments of post-civil war, post-WW1, post-WW2 populations were in fact traumatized, from real loss. As have families from the pandemic. Throughout US history, politics has been fractious and at times violent, even in congress itself. But no, we -- the average person -- are not traumatized. We do not need therapy. Author starts by winking at the self-medicalizing seen on social, trying to separate her serious argument from the frivolous ones on "TraumaTok." But then just dives right in and does the same thing, but with lots of words.