Derry, Northern Ireland

Derry, Northern Ireland
A book I'm working on is set in this town.

Monday, July 24, 2023

X marks the fucking nuts

Dear God, what a desecration Twitter has become, now that it's X (which I hear is in violation of a trademark Microsoft has on that letter used for a social media platform). The supposed discourse has become completely insane. I've blocked more MAGAt fools, today, than in the last six months because I'm no longer willing to even give them the time of day.

Jesus, the stupidity it takes to be one of those people. The deliberate refusal to pay attention to reality. The lies and misrepresentations and accusations and them laughing at us as if they think they caught us in a boo-boo, then when we back up our post with facts suddenly spitting out word garbage to deflect from it or call names. 

Favorite cat-call lately? Groomer. Why? Because I'm progressive in my politics and support the Trans Community and Drag Queens. Never mind it's MAGAts getting caught grooming and raping kids, and hoarding kiddie porn. Priests, ministers, youth pastors, cops, teachers, coaches, politicians, all over the country. Not one word about any of that, from them. Just blaming Trans people and Drag Queens for it all.

I stay on because I can hear the latest news from Ukraine and get the current stats. No other platform seems readily available for them to use, there, and the media has all but moved on from the slaughter and destruction in that country. Yeah, the center of Odesa was bombed to hell and people sunning on a beach were hit, too, killing a child, and a port on the Danube was blown up, but have you heard the latest about the uproar from Ben Cohen over the Barbie movie? And it's not just American news; it's also the BBC and al-Jazeera. Shit, it's sickening.

I got caught up in it and did no writing, today. And now I'm sure my blood pressure is through the roof. So I'm taking tomorrow off, having a nice lunch out and a Bloody Mary, and dreaming of the day we can finally kick those motherfuckers to the curb.

If Mother Nature doesn't beat us to it.

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