Looking around, seeing all the anger and hatred, coming from all sides it seems of American culture. Feeling like I'm an outsider to it all, can't figure out where I fit in. Not that I'd really want to fit in.
What has happened since Charlie Kirk's passing has been especially troubling. I can't remember the last time I saw so many people rejoicing over the death of a man. Especially an innocent man.
How did we come to this? How do we overcome it?
Some people, it seems, want to hate others. And they are getting angry when they express that hatred and there come to be consequences of it.
(Why anyone would openly post on social media that they are delighting in the death of a fellow human being, I've no idea. As has been said, "The Internet never forgets." Some people are learning that the hard way now.)
So here I am, watching all of this unfold, the mistrust and the paranoia that's enveloping America.
What most readily comes to mind, and this really is how I'm feeling, is MacReady's line from the 1982 film The Thing:
"ALL RIGHT, CUT THE BULLSHIT!!!"
Apologies for the full quote, but that honestly is how it is right now.
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