But next time it happens, I’ll remember this. Random encounters are occurring less frequently, and I see fewer clothing items or other outward displays of MAMAtry. In my present situation, most of those with whom I work were likely rump voters. Even before the election, some felt free to open up and betray their MAGAt mentality, going so far as to solicit my opinion. My reply tended to shut down further inquiry.:
Me: There are three things I don’t talk about at work:
(1) politics
(2) religion
(3) the torture chamber in my basement where I skinned all those hillbilly child rapists while still alive
Pause.
Better make that four things I don’t talk about at work.
Smile broadly, chuckle jauntily’
It sometimes serves as an opening for debunking whatever propaganda was making the rounds, but mostly they just STFU around me, and that’s alright.
I’ve actually exercised a good deal of restraint in my attitude since the election. Sure, I scatter schadenfreude in my wake when some horrific pronouncement comes lumbering down the pike, but I haven’t commented as leopards eat individual faces. That’s a recipe for generating full-on hatred - against the smartass who uttered it.
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