Freaking Out

 A FREAK SHOW, something called the "Million MAGA march" sprung up suddenly in Washington D.C., like a festering mass of maggots atop a heap of jack ass dung. Years ago, a march called the "Million Man March" was held for the purpose of encouraging African-American men to live responsible lives and care for their families, which distinguishes it from today's freak show, in that it was a worthy undertaking, not a freak show. Donald Trump, who once again played golf today, which he has cone nearly every day since his election loss and which is arguably the most productive activity in which he has engages as president, last night twitter tweeted his approval for the freak show in his honor., unsurprisingly. The "march", which was a swarming mob of fools in denial of reality, like all other events associated with Donald Trump, had no good purpose, its only purpose being to vent anger and hatred at Trump's election loss, and to  revel in fantasy. It consisted of a coalition of losers, the usual Trump supporting racists, white supremacists, confederate flaggers, Neo-NAZIs, and conservative evangelical Christians. Donald Trump's refusal to accept reality is being mirrored by tens of millions of his supporters, all of whom are proving conclusively what we had long known: that Donald Trump and the people who support him devotedly are, beyond any doubt, quite mentally ill. Many of my old friends, people with whom I went to high school and have throughout my life considered people of the highest quality are proving to be victims of this mental illness, called "Trumpery". Nobody enjoys perfect health, physically, or mentally. In our culture we tend to ignore the fact that at any given time a majority of citizens are ill, mentally, emotionally, or physically. To blatantly deny reality, to enter into a world of delusion, as Trump and millions of his supporters are now doing, clearly exposes their mental illness, and serves a worthy purpose":it gives us a chance to identify them.Now we wonder what we can do to help. When Joe Biden has been sworn in as president, has moved into the White House, and has begun his new job of serving as president of the United States, will Trump and his minions continue to deny reality, and pretend tat Donald Trump is still president, even as he resides at his Florida mansion and plays golf every day, calling himself "president"? Twenty, thirty years from now, when Trump is either ninety five years old or dead, will some of his followers still cling to the belief that he is president? Will he? Tragically, these questions are not irrelevant. The best we might hope for is that Trump and his supporters will spend the rest of their lives claiming that the election was stolen, without the slightest evidence, but will acknowledge the reality that as of January 20, 2021, he was in fact no longer president. Under current circumstances, that in itself might be a lot to hope for, but, at least it a hope the sane among us, what there is left of us, can cling to.