Enough is enough, and really way too much a long time ago.
A high school friend who now lives in Florida stopped in to visit us in West Topsham the other day. We relived old high school days and had a great visit. But then, and there always seems to be a “but then,” he started talking about how much he supported Governor DeSantis. He recognized the cold reception this talk got and stopped. The irony is this is a fellow that never cared at all about politics. I think our politics have gotten too deep with all of us.
I read a piece today about a new so-called “theory” being shared in the world of the right wing and conservatives. The theory is called “long marchisim” and it refers to a long march of liberals and Democrats that have taken over all our institutions since WWII. This makes me wonder if King George and his loyalists here in the colonies were saying the same thing about the lead up to the American Revolution. We had become chuck full of “long marchism” in our legislatures and local governments in the colonies, it was just terrible (I am being facetious here). This “long marchism” idea is being used to justify Trump’s plan to root out all of the so-called “deep state” and like-minded folks if he gets elected again.
I am sad and disgusted because we cannot stop being at war with ourselves. We seem to have stopped being Americans some time ago and went into some sort of cold civil war. I think we never really healed from the first Civil War. Rather than heal, we let part of the country retreat into denial and a glorification of the pre-Civil War past. That’s still where we are today. Now, it’s called “long marchism.” Maybe in a few more generations we can move on – hope so.
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