![I Believe… [Free College is Righteous]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1605977736192-W3OM4JEKC84WVW65GUY0/IMG_2569.jpeg)
I Believe… [Free College is Righteous]
I believe... that cancelling existing college debt and making college free for those in lower economic circumstance are excellent ideas. Adding public service as a condition is even better.
When Reality Punches Ideology, We Must Embrace the Flaws in Our Perspective
It’s hard to square the whitewash of white supremacy when so many non-white voters reject the basic premise. When millions of voters who are not white vote for the obvious racist candidate there has to be a more nuanced and data-driven rationale. If the Progressive Left can say with a straight face that Biden won because of black votes or black women votes or Indigenous votes then they must accept that Trump came far closer than expected because of black votes or Latino votes or Muslim votes.
Six Fictional Characters I Aspire to Resemble in Practice
No longer in thrall with the kung fu I never mastered, I still find inspiration from characters in popular culture who provide aspirational qualities.
The Cross the Left Must Bear
Suddenly the Glue Stick kid started screaming “CHESS CHESS CHESTER CHESS! It’s all about fucking chess but what about ME! WHAT. ABOUT. MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” and he rapidly swallowed three pawns off of one of the closer games and choked himself until the school nurse could get him to vomit them up.
![I Believe… [Harris is a Woman Vice President]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1605372051383-9WLKL00EGEC1ER053P6K/IMG_1228.jpeg)
I Believe… [Harris is a Woman Vice President]
I believe... that anyone referring to the Vice President as a “menstruator” is an idiot (unless they’re talking about Pence).
Grappling with Postmodernism in a Post-Trump America
A couple of rules of thumb I’ve learned to follow in the past four or five years:
If I read it on social media, best to assume it’s bullshit.
If the belief is not backed up by data, it’s bullshit.
If a politician says it without supporting evidence, it’s bullshit.
If it’s full of ‘buzzwords’ (intersectionality, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, TERF, fragility), it’s bullshit.
![I Believe… [It Wasn’t Great Before Trump]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1604846934578-O5YMI53VVPFKQJ2U7TSH/IMG_0693.jpeg)
I Believe… [It Wasn’t Great Before Trump]
...that after a week of election drama and four years of Trump, we can finally get back to arguing about climate change, being afraid of mass shootings, and the difficulties of online dating.
Now Is the Time to Be Gracious and Get to Work Being Honest with Ourselves
At this phase, Trump ain’t going quietly. Lots of lawsuits. Recounts. Tantrums. Conspiracy theories. We now get to witness the full madness of our King George, a meltdown so massive it would be good to take serious note of how badly we can get things wrong in our democracy. One fact we need to acknowledge before our nipples get hard and we go running in the streets naked, flogging MAGA hat wearers with our engorged cocks:
If it hadn’t been for a pandemic, he would’ve won.
![I Believe… [Post Election Special]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1604526655930-VSEAX64PHK4ERKEB4JZL/IMG_2541.jpeg)
I Believe… [Post Election Special]
I believe… that more people voted in this election than any since 1900. The most obvious and indisputable will of the population has been tallied. We are almost evenly split.
Election 2020: Swimming in Sewage Toward a Different Kind of More Hopeful Cesspool
In a Violent World, Non-Violent Protest is the Grown-up Choice
The most effective protests are theater of a sort. Targeted. Strategic. Not a question of numbers but of intent. Where you protest matters. How you protest matters.
![I Believe… [In Biden]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1604199944056-9DKFMOKT0C5IXV9CNYBV/IMG_1722.jpeg)
I Believe… [In Biden]
I believe... that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States.
How to Begin De-Fanging The Isms in the System
How to eradicate the affects of racism and classism in America is to reconfigure the tools used by bigots and the greedy.
Holding Our Collective Breath (While Wearing Masks)
![I Believe… [Clean Your Room!]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1603466427829-22S5JDEMLS7U329JAFQD/IMG_1692.jpeg)
I Believe… [Clean Your Room!]
I believe… that being excited that Americans are voting in record numbers is like that feeling when your fat, lazy, angry teenager finally cleans his stinky room.
Indefatigable Is a Goal in a Overly Exhausted World
To be truly indefatigable one needs to see beyond the eye’s gaze. To envision a next Thursday when things are no longer assaulting your sense of place, your sense of security, your sense of reality.
Clean Your Room
You gingerly reach over to your smartphone to see what time it is and the shock splashes across your instantly awake mind: four years? You’ve been asleep for four fucking YEARS?
![I Believe… [Skipping Halloween?]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579fa3912994ca0eff850271/1602944994239-377MBGSZ4HGKRMI8BE33/IMG_2569.jpeg)
I Believe… [Skipping Halloween?]
I believe… that maybe we can skip Halloween this year given that the entire year has already been a bath of horror?
If Yogi Bear Were God, I’d Have This Thing Wrapped Up
Like Scientology, the Branch Davidians, the Aetherius Society,the Gentle Wind Project, and the Reformed Druids of North America, it seems so many are looking for answers in cults so cults are born on the flimsiest of reasons with nonexistent means to verify their connection to truth.
Paving That Well-Intentioned Road (or Make Sure You Have Plenty of Milk)
Decades later, I comprehend my anger in a way that I was too close to before. My well intentioned sharing was transactional. I gave the guy a bagel and wanted in return gratitude and a sense of my own virtue.
...that intense and deep aren’t the same thing even if you’ve convinced yourself they are. Intense is momentary and fleeting; deep is the result of time and energy.