It really speaks to your privilege that you have time for a football game when people are fighting for their lives.

The president is causing a constitutional crisis and she’s worried about The Bachelor.

Have you read something like this on social media lately? Said it yourself?

I know I have. Once every day or so, one of my friends posts a heavily edited meme shaming people for being disengaged from politics, or a long text rant about how unimportant these mundane concerns are in this time of crisis. Let me offer you some advice: Don’t do this. Don’t shame people. It’s not helping them to be more involved. No one was ever shamed into political action. And it’s not even helping you. You don’t feel better. You just stew on your anger some more. You don’t know how involved others are. Maybe internet cat videos are all she posts, but she calls Congress every day.

And every one of us, no matter how political engaged needs a break – to read a book, to play with our kids, or yes to watch a football game. I find myself caring about the Super Bowl a lot less this year than most, but I’ll probably take a couple hours to watch some of it. The fight to preserve our rights and our way of life will be ongoing for years. It’s not going to be won or lost in the course of a weekend or an afternoon. But if we, each of us, do not take some time to disengage and relax, we’ll just end up burned out and with high blood pressure.