Sarcasm is an adjusted stress reaction.

Also why not people like John Lewis and Sharice Davids and Janelle Monae and Solnit herself. But anyway.

Three of the people you just mentioned are women, that's a strong point against them.

One of the most actually, no lie, hopeful films I've seen in years and years was Rogue One, in which EVERYONE DIED at the end, but it wasn't gratuitous or hopeless or even that depressing.

That's a good point! I can never watch it again, because I just cannot cope with stories where everyone does, but the execution was incredibly optimistic.

No pun intended.