Plenty of folks "on the left" have been harping on this one for quite a while.
I guess we could call it Authoritarian Fever or some such. Nobody really knows why it happens; it's not like the crazies aren't always with us.
It's like having these nasty little microbes living inside of us, and for whatever reason, once in a while they go nuts and we come down with a bad cold, or strep, or even a staph infection or meningitis. The good news is that we usually get better, even if we do nothing but bundle up on the couch with some chicken soup and pound the occasional herbal tea with honey lemon and Jack for a few days. The bad news is that sometimes it kills us even when we make it to the ER.
BTW: "Herb T, with Honey Lemon and Jack" is a good name for a band tho - dontcha think?
Anyway, here's a piece from Vox, taking a long look at the phenomenon:
At this point, talking to each other and getting people out to vote is pretty much the only chicken soup we've got left.
Stay together. Work tgether. Get shit done.
(hat tip = Twitter buddy Athyvaya)
I guess we could call it Authoritarian Fever or some such. Nobody really knows why it happens; it's not like the crazies aren't always with us.
It's like having these nasty little microbes living inside of us, and for whatever reason, once in a while they go nuts and we come down with a bad cold, or strep, or even a staph infection or meningitis. The good news is that we usually get better, even if we do nothing but bundle up on the couch with some chicken soup and pound the occasional herbal tea with honey lemon and Jack for a few days. The bad news is that sometimes it kills us even when we make it to the ER.
BTW: "Herb T, with Honey Lemon and Jack" is a good name for a band tho - dontcha think?
Anyway, here's a piece from Vox, taking a long look at the phenomenon:
Perhaps strangest of all, it wasn't just Trump but his supporters who seemed to have come out of nowhere, suddenly expressing, in large numbers, ideas far more extreme than anything that has risen to such popularity in recent memory. In South Carolina, a CBS News exit poll found that 75 percent of Republican voters supported banning Muslims from the United States. A PPP poll found that a third of Trump voters support banning gays and lesbians from the country. Twenty percent said Lincoln shouldn't have freed the slaves.A free press is supposed to act as a national immune system, so this might be touch-n-go for a while.
At this point, talking to each other and getting people out to vote is pretty much the only chicken soup we've got left.
Stay together. Work tgether. Get shit done.
(hat tip = Twitter buddy Athyvaya)
