An old friend calls, inquiring uneasily, “Anyone in your circles, in your ilk, who celebrated? “As in rejoice, for a voice extinguished?" I note no jubilation yet our exchange detects the cruel irony a distorted symmetry to previous generations & fatal premonitions like el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz or Mr.
Is okay to point to social media here? We are in an age of instant club creation, membership, and meetings. No charters. No mission statements. Numbers are coveted. Outstanding contributions to society are seldom recognized. A constant battle for the biggest club. What happens when your club keeps losing? Anger, frustration, and violence are the last alternatives. Triggers are on guns, aren't they?
Another lynching marked a suicide. Another citizen, immigrant, person of color, green card holder, child, man, woman, arrested or killed or detained or deported. Another journalist restrained or unalived. Military takeover of cities and voting rights. Fraud, lies, deception and a tearing down of Democracy in every part of its longstanding format by an insane, ego- driven, ruthless, dementia-ridden sociopath.
What terrifies me even more are the people supporting him including some close friends and family.
Is okay to point to social media here? We are in an age of instant club creation, membership, and meetings. No charters. No mission statements. Numbers are coveted. Outstanding contributions to society are seldom recognized. A constant battle for the biggest club. What happens when your club keeps losing? Anger, frustration, and violence are the last alternatives. Triggers are on guns, aren't they?
Thanks for your voice, Bill.
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Another lynching marked a suicide. Another citizen, immigrant, person of color, green card holder, child, man, woman, arrested or killed or detained or deported. Another journalist restrained or unalived. Military takeover of cities and voting rights. Fraud, lies, deception and a tearing down of Democracy in every part of its longstanding format by an insane, ego- driven, ruthless, dementia-ridden sociopath.
What terrifies me even more are the people supporting him including some close friends and family.
How. Do. We. Stop. This?