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Loveline with Dr. Chris starts.

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Happy Thursday, everybody.

Hope you guys are getting through the week.

I know this is a really powerful and tough time for many individuals.

We're all collectively really finally confronting and facing some of the problematic norms and

values that our culture has had were, you know, importantly and very clearly analyzing and

assessing the prison system, which needs complete

abolition, the criminal justice system, which unfairly targets black people, people of

color, indigenous people, but also sex workers and queer identified people.

It's quite a problematic system that's finally getting a little bit more attention.

We'll be tracking it and seeing what kind of shifts and changes happen.

I hope everyone's taking care of themselves and saying safe.

I'm so happy to see all the protesting.

That is absolutely how we get things done.

It has a rich history of creating much needed change and also

bringing a lot of attention, but also community building. It's very empowering. Speaking truth

to power will always be important. And we shouldn't feel as though we have to be alone or silent

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