Last week, I went to a comedy club (been over a decade) to see KillTony comedians and it was the peak of my two month fascination. Three days later, Tony did some of his set at the MSG Trump Rally. Thanks for the laughs, but now that I have to explain why you’re funny, it means you are not anymore: it was a gut-punchline straight to the Paradox of Tolerance and an unsubscribe.
Democracy is a process: this past Wednesday was another test of United States democracy and a reckoning of our current administration’s dangerous tactics to stay in power. This has been another disheartening, depressing, embarrassing week in our enduring COVID-19 imposed lock down, but an older threat, the disease of poor thinking, was evident.
In the past three months, the soul of America has been laid bare in increasing amounts as we address our society’s response to our impaired health, economic, and political processes. There is a single crisis in all of this: our attitude as citizens to come together and solve any problem. America has been divided and exploited by those who profit by perpetuating the current system of inequalities of our society.