Crypto Hitlers, Everywhere!
Because I like to bring comfort to those in distress, How To Avoid Tears And Pretentious Agonising:
Well, you’d think that repel invaders and uphold the most basic of laws wouldn’t be too much to ask of a government. And yet.
And at this terribly difficult time, for some, do spare a thought for this tightly-wound progressive gentleman, presumably now trembling at the prospect of some Trumpian Sturmabteilung. Oh, and this madam here, the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones. The one rendered distraught by a flight attendant’s courtesy and its ominous implications for the future of the world.
Update, via the comments:
Writing in the Guardian, the left-leaning novelist Francine Prose is not, I fear, taking recent developments well:
Following the above, those unhinged leanings really kick into gear, with the inevitable mentions of Hitler, Stalin, dictatorship, people thrown from helicopters, and “the imprisonment and execution of those who disagree.” A feverish, dystopian drama in which, one assumes, Ms Prose anticipates a starring role.
Needless to say, Ms Prose is far from alone in her weird theatre of distress. And as illustrated many times in the comments below, the overlap of progressive politics and mental illness would seem to be quite significant.
And so, we have the round-the-clock delusional ravings of MSNBC, including the repeated claim that Florida is “an extreme right-wing fascist state,” and Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, a once-reputable publication, screeching profanities and insisting, quite emphatically, that anyone who chose to vote differently from herself must be racist, sexist, and “fucking fascists.”
No other possibilities fitting inside her gentle, thoughtful head.
The phenomenon, a competitively uploaded departure from reality, is difficult to explain in terms of mere politics and actual, real-world policies. We appear to be in the realm of… well, something else.
Update 2:
Pst314 brings rumblings from academia, where the clever people gather:
What a sweet guy! Because he cares so deeply.
That would be this chap here:
Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life at @uoregon tells Trump supporters to kiII themselves
Any comment @uoregon? pic.twitter.com/hwK0qhH9b1
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 7, 2024
Says Mr Serrato,
When they tell you who they are, believe them. As I’m told the kids say.
I mean, if a spiteful, childish, leftist ideologue announces to the world, on camera, that his political fixations are much more important to him than his supposed loved ones, his family and lifelong friends, and that he wishes death on them for daring to disagree with him, then I see no reason to assume that he must mean something other than what he’s actually saying, having thought about it and filmed it, and having then shared it with the world.
Where students might see.
But hey, pronouns in bio.
As seen, for instance, here, these are not things said and done reluctantly, in some momentary fit of anger, or under duress. This is something that’s been considered, chosen, rehearsed, and then willingly shared. Something that Mr Serrato feels emboldened to do, presumably because many of his peers will be saying much the same things. As if it could have no negative repercussions.
Happily, and somewhat surprisingly, he was wrong, on this occasion at least, and has, it seems, been placed on “administrative leave.”
Consider this a post-election open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
[ Post updated again. ]
She seems nice and entirely stable.