Well, this was no way to start the day... [View all]

[PCIntern]

Obviously, I’m going to leave names out of this, but I am just beyond upset.

When I was in dental school, we had about 160 people in our class from varying backgrounds and cultures as well as ages. One fellow came from a fairly elite New England private school, and was one of those achiever types who was not only in the top of the class, but was a somewhat gifted athlete. In addition to everything else, he was a scratch golfer, which is pretty impressive at any age. He was extremely opinionated, but spent most of his time doing his work. He was not involved in class activities , such as student government, clinical issues, class committees, yearbook, etc.

So you know how on Facebook they say you might know so-and-so? And there he was. I hadn’t thought of him in about 30 years, so I went over to see what he became, and what became of him. Well, I was not really prepared for the most vituperative hatred of all things progressive, Democratic, humanitarian, and the like. I know everyone here knows people like this. He posts photos of President Biden, and just excoriates every aspect of his persona, his politics, his mannerisms with the usual Fox-lies and near-Qanon “logic“. It was positively pornographic in a political sense .

The thing is, that for whatever he was, or wasn’t, I never saw him as a full-blown hater, which he has clearly become. And it occurred to me that if this guy “converted”, then I can understand why there are millions of others who are intellectually less well-equipped to deal with reality , who have gone over to the Darkside. This crowd is in fact beyond hope, and we have to pray in the upcoming elections that there are sufficient number of people with sane perspectives to carry the day.

Unfortunately, I am presently at work so I cannot take a shower, which I now desperately need…