Talk politics.

This was supposed to be a "funny" piece but it's mostly become a rant. Mostly directed at a certain segment of society, calling themselves various names, from "conservative" to "truther". It was supposed to be funny, mostly due to the nature of the subject, and because of the sheer amount of stupidity that's just begging to be mocked. But no, I've no desire for LULz right now. The amount of stupidity among those people has passed the point of LULzworthiness. It's not funny. It's scary. And frightening. Much scarier than the pandemic, actually. Can't joke about this. Not now.

Illiteracy and ignorance has become trendy and dandy. Ignorant public gurus are lecturing people about stuff they know jack shit about. Illiterate "teachers" are teaching the illiterate kids of semi-literate parents.

Violence-prone folks, wannabe fascists, closet neo-Nazis, unapologetic racists are calling for riots, and they've decided they could get what they want by crying as loud as they can that they're having their freedom of speech assaulted.

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