out of bounds

as we see victimhood encouraged,

applauded, by a growing trend to eschew responsibility

and social conscience in favor of identity baiting

and bad faith we devolve from self-creating people

to lackluster whiners

 

 

This is not reasoned understanding.

This is not thinking for yourself.

This is just someone else's words,

letting strangers with agendas think for you.

 

 

How could we have been bamboozled

to believe that some cynical political

faction's advertised values

are the recognized standard

nationally extolled?

 

 

Stop wasting time insulting each other.

Instead, look for where we can find

common ground.

 

 

See them as they are -- badly damaged

weaklings affecting violence.

Compassion may aid your well-being

with useful awareness of reality.

 

 

This soundbite zeitgeist,

worse than feared,

reflects a world ever more weird.

 

 

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