Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino (“Mighty Aphrodite,” 1995) appeared to have a minor meltdown over what she viewed as a lack of American progress — and the continuation of several “hideous wrongs” — heading into the new year.

Sorvino shared her frustrations in a couple of tweets posted on Friday, just before 2022 came to a close over the weekend — and she claimed that, among other issues, Americans had failed to eradicate bigotry and anti-Semitism.

“Does anyone else feel shellshocked hideous wrongs of our nation’s past we thought we’d progressed beyond’ve found footing as pseudo-defensible positions: Bigotry, slavery, white supremacy, colonialism, anti-semitism, hatred of women, lgbtqia folk & migrants-as tho they were legit?” Sorvino asked, complaining that she had thought that America had progressed only to find that certain wrongs were not only being continued but defended.

We think we are on this inexorable climb to progress, growth, equality, only to realize we are only 1 degree away from Auschwitz, or George Washington’s thousands of slaves, the genocide of millions of Native Americans, or the justification of Harvey Weinstein’s rapes…

— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) December 31, 2022

“We think we are on this inexorable climb to progress, growth, equality, only to realize we are only 1 degree away from Auschwitz, or George Washington’s thousands of slaves, the genocide of millions of Native Americans, or the justification of Harvey Weinstein’s rapes …” Sorvino continued.

The actress suggested that the United States was somehow “1 degree away” from the 1.1 million Jews, Poles, and gypsies killed at Auschwitz — the deadliest of the Nazi concentration camps — where some 85% of the men, women, and children who passed through its gates were systematically exterminated.

She also offered comparisons to the killing of Native Americans in the name of colonization — some of whom died of diseases that crossed over from Europe with explorers and colonists alike — and claimed that George Washington owned “thousands of slaves”  when historical records suggest that number was closer to 125.

Sorvino’s final comparison took a personal turn, as she suggested the people allowing bigotry and other “hideous wrongs” to continue were no different than those who justified disgraced Hollywood producer “Harvey Weinstein’s rapes.”

The “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” star was one of the first to speak out against Weinstein, claiming that he had made advances toward her — and that her refusal to accommodate his wishes had led to her career being stifled.

“It’s very triggering and re-traumatizing for me,” she told KTLA during the now-convicted rapist’s most recent trial. “I find it horrific that his defense is using these outdated tropes, you know, slut shaming and saying that it was a consensual transactional casting couch. He was a sexual predator of epic proportions, a very violent assault. I personally know people who have been raped by him, and there was nothing consensual about it.”

A stampede during the New Year’s Eve festivities at a shopping center in the capital city of Uganda claimed the lives of at least nine people, including some children, police said Sunday. 

The melee occurred outside the Freedom City Mall in Kampala after a fireworks show. Witnesses say that crowds were moving in opposing directions, which led to people getting crushed, trampled, and suffocating to death.

“After the display ended, a stampede ensued resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries of several others,” Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman Lucas Owoyesigyire said. “Emergency responders arrived on the scene and transported the injured individuals to the hospital, where nine were confirmed dead,” he added, according to Voice of America.

The Uganda Police Force said in a statement that it is investigating the incident of “rash and neglect” and confirmed that “several juveniles” were among the nine dead. It added that the incident occurred around midnight “when the event’s MC encouraged attendees to go outside and watch the fireworks display.” 

“After the display ended, a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” the statement added. 

It is alleged that the incident occurred at midnight when the event's MC encouraged attendees to go outside and watch the fireworks display. After the display ended, a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others.
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— Uganda Police Force (@PoliceUg) January 1, 2023

“After the fireworks display, they were told to go back,” Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango told NTV News. “That is where the stampede started because they were rushing, everybody was rushing inside.”

“She was enjoying, she was having fun,” a friend of a victim told the outlet. “But due to loss of breath… eventually she died.” 

“There was a huge crowd. People began pushing each other for space, leading some to fall, and the stampede ensued,” a survivor told The Guardian. “Children were crying and there was chaos. I survived because I was pushed in a corner by the crowd. I felt losing breath but I stayed put since I had no exit until the situation calmed down, but some people were already lying down gasping for breath.”

The mall is a popular destination and is used as a music venue and for various celebrations, according to the Associated Press.