Not Good Enough

Not Good Enough

From Come As You Are Podcast by Ally Hamilton

January 25, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the overwhelming emotional toll of societal injustices and the manipulation of public perception.

We don’t even get a day to recover anymore, which is the plan and the point. They want to exhaust people like you and me, people who are heartbroken, scared and furious — so we become overwhelmed beyond comprehension, and stop raging. I don’t know what they think. Maybe they imagine we won’t post videos anymore, we’ll stop talking to one another, stop protesting. This is how an organized crime gang would behave if they moved into a neighborhood and wanted to make sure we understood they were in charge now. They’d let one of their own murder a mother of three in cold blood, and not worry about the videos with the five different angles, the slow motion renderings, the 3D models. They’d block local law enforcement from the scene, tamper with evidence, and allow the killer to walk free. They’d hide him, even. They’d send a puppy-executioner to tell a fictional, insulting tale about what happened, without even bothering to get the glaring facts right. Later, when the autopsy results showed she had a pulse for eight long minutes while her wife sat on the ground, sobbing into their dog — eight minutes they refused to allow a doctor to check on her — they’d just shrug. Then they’d sit…

People in this episode

Host: Ally Hamilton

Topics covered

  • social justice
  • mental health
  • systemic oppression
  • community response
  • emotional exhaustion

Keywords

  • emotional exhaustion
  • social justice
  • systemic oppression
  • community response
  • mental health

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