I admit I didn't read it all, because I could have written it myself. I see the same things and feel the same way about it.
(On top of that, my Twins had a very disappointing season — fired their manager — and the icing is that I was rooting for Seattle. Pretty good ALCS; I got that much.)
This rant, this anger, this dread… it’s American, in a good way. Do not tolerate the distractions, do not submit to the injustices, do not be complicit to the atrocities. This platform clearly reaches people for you, and it does good. It stokes the flames of change. And change will come. It may not come the way we want it to, though, but it will come. Americans are rebels with a cause. Agents for the good of all of us. This administration is using an authoritarian play book, and even showed us the damn book by which they mean to control us. They are American in name only, using it as a mask for who they truly are: Nazis. New Age Fucking Nazis. They will distract us, put us against one another, and doom us all as they are left unchecked. But stay angry, keep others angry. Because when we’re not, that’s when we’ve submitted and accepted our fate. Keep ranting, for the good of all of us.
This is very well written. And I disagree with almost all of it.
This isn't a both sides are bad world, and it is about the president. He's doing things and making deals and cutting corners in ways that have never happened.
He's hired incompetent people to run government agencies, and directed them to basically burn them to the ground by gutting staff and budgets.
He's taken congressionally approved money from states because they didn't vote for him. And on and on.
Like everyone, I come to this with a bias. I was a mainstream media editor (low and mid-level) until my retirement in 2020. The picture of the media you paint was never part of my world, and I worked for 2 very big companies. The reporters and editors I know are smart and hard working and want to make the world a better place by informing readers. But there are fewer and fewer good mid-size and local papers, and TV news isn't news thanks in many ways to the companies that own networks.
So what's the answer? Read more newspapers than you can imagine. Not headlines or tweets but whole articles. Lots of stories out there. Lots of very good newspapers have cheap website subscriptions, and lots of libraries will provide free access to papers on line just by having a library card.
Don't get your news from TV, or Facebook or even substack, unless it's a former reporter actually reporting something.
Volunteer if you can. I work with two different college groups about writing, and I'm mentoring a man trying to get his Green Card so he can stay in this country.
Vote: In every election. Every time.
Guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not tired. I'm pissed.
I admit I didn't read it all, because I could have written it myself. I see the same things and feel the same way about it.
(On top of that, my Twins had a very disappointing season — fired their manager — and the icing is that I was rooting for Seattle. Pretty good ALCS; I got that much.)
It is just stream of thought shit, just needed the release…
Heh. I’m familiar. Been doing that on my WordPress blog since 2011… 😏
FWIW: just posted my Twins Season 2025 wrap-up:
https://logosconcarne.com/2025/10/21/mn-twins-2025/
This rant, this anger, this dread… it’s American, in a good way. Do not tolerate the distractions, do not submit to the injustices, do not be complicit to the atrocities. This platform clearly reaches people for you, and it does good. It stokes the flames of change. And change will come. It may not come the way we want it to, though, but it will come. Americans are rebels with a cause. Agents for the good of all of us. This administration is using an authoritarian play book, and even showed us the damn book by which they mean to control us. They are American in name only, using it as a mask for who they truly are: Nazis. New Age Fucking Nazis. They will distract us, put us against one another, and doom us all as they are left unchecked. But stay angry, keep others angry. Because when we’re not, that’s when we’ve submitted and accepted our fate. Keep ranting, for the good of all of us.
Well said. Thank you.
Survival is a form of resistance. In fact, it’s the prerequisite.
Well stated and thoughtful words….much needed these days. Thank you!
Well written. So many zingers in here. Sincere thanks for not giving up.
This is very well written. And I disagree with almost all of it.
This isn't a both sides are bad world, and it is about the president. He's doing things and making deals and cutting corners in ways that have never happened.
He's hired incompetent people to run government agencies, and directed them to basically burn them to the ground by gutting staff and budgets.
He's taken congressionally approved money from states because they didn't vote for him. And on and on.
Like everyone, I come to this with a bias. I was a mainstream media editor (low and mid-level) until my retirement in 2020. The picture of the media you paint was never part of my world, and I worked for 2 very big companies. The reporters and editors I know are smart and hard working and want to make the world a better place by informing readers. But there are fewer and fewer good mid-size and local papers, and TV news isn't news thanks in many ways to the companies that own networks.
So what's the answer? Read more newspapers than you can imagine. Not headlines or tweets but whole articles. Lots of stories out there. Lots of very good newspapers have cheap website subscriptions, and lots of libraries will provide free access to papers on line just by having a library card.
Don't get your news from TV, or Facebook or even substack, unless it's a former reporter actually reporting something.
Volunteer if you can. I work with two different college groups about writing, and I'm mentoring a man trying to get his Green Card so he can stay in this country.
Vote: In every election. Every time.
Guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not tired. I'm pissed.
Thanks, you gave a lot to think about, I appreciate it.