I was the only kid in my class who didn’t think that his Ma is the best cook in the world. Nothing against her; I just didn’t have the evidence. And being on the ASD spectrum, I’m hopelessly tied to facts and logic. So, I find it difficult to express shock, disappointment, and concern with the US election results.
Recently, I deleted Twitter. Why? Too many blown up, chopped up, zombified children. Worse, people making Reels celebrating the bombing of city blocks, TikToks of civilians being sniped, Tweets about the desire to kill infants, and parodying the systemic starvation of millions. It impacted my mental health.
While on Twitter, I connected with some fun people, who are very liberal, queer, humorous, with interests in cooking, arts, academia, etc. They advocate Trans right, BLM, Me Too, all things progressive. But then, I saw them complaining about the inconvenience caused by genocide protests.
I paused, inquired, and realized that these folks grew up doping on content featuring Russian scientists, Chinese generals, Arabian dictators, African warlords (it’s a loong list), and the G.I. Joes making everything right! Not to mention, history that is curated to build a consuming and corrosive pride.
Add to that the SNL-fication of the liberal identity, and we have an exclusive club for the privileged. True globally! Hence, we have diabolical figures filling the leadership vacuum with promises of justice and equity, and people subscribing to beliefs they don’t care about, desperate to be heard.
The fire we don’t care about – for it’s burning far away and destroying lives not valuable to us – WILL reach our doorstep. History stands proof! And we’ll find the Trumps and the Clintons of the world torching the chaos together, with their billionaire benefactors behind them.
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