We Aren't Really that Stupid, Are We?

Another absurd episode in the tragedy of the new America. The assholes are out in full force. The bullies are sucking up all the oxygen in the room. A rage-filled madness is swirling about. Yes. Touch grass. Breathe deeply. You can dip your toe into the pool of madness, just to see and hear what's happening, without becoming mad yourself.

One angry, hate-filled white guy murders another hate-filled white guy, and mass media wants to blame the blacks, the gays, the trans folks, the liberals, the Democrats. Somehow it is "the others" who have forced them to be the assholes & bullies.

It is all so ridiculous. Mind-bending. Weird. Stupid too. We aren't really that stupid are we? 

My partner and I spent most of the day touching grass out in the real world. It was a beautiful day. About as good as it gets. We briefly talked about the madness, then moved on to other things. I was reminded again of that little dichotomy: Everything that Lives is Holy AND Life is Cheap. We are kind of caught in that little web of contradiction.

Still we can choose to turn away from the rage, the madness, the stupidity. Turn to Life in all it's many-splendored bounty. The Good Life.

Hoping that this could be some kind of wakeup call. Life is too short to waste on soul-killing idiocies.