by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Where to begin with this one. I guess a lot of what I’m about to write comes from how I’m not a Leftist. I’m anti-MAGA. And, as such, sometimes the more Leftist members of the broad anti-MAGA coalition that I’m a member of attack me from the Left and I don’t quite know how to respond because I’m on their side!
But that’s not really what is bothering me at the moment.
What is bothering me right now is how preening and dumb so many “resistance” Twitter accounts are on Twitter. I mean, come the fuck on. Just shut up. What really, really bothers me is so many people — especially otherwise well meaning retired busybody liberal Boomers — seem stuck in a spring 2017 mentality when we thought it was possible that we could actually do anything about Trump just by collectively being really angry about him on Twitter.
Jesus, were we naive.
Trump is above the law and always will be. It won’t be until we have a Second American Civil War were real people get hurt because of their politics will Trump ever face any accountability.
I’m not saying I want that, but any liberal Boomer who thinks just by getting really mad about Trump on afternoon on Twitter is going to do anything…well, they have another thing coming. They need to start thinking about the real world implications of the rise of MAGA fascism.
They won’t, of course, because that would mean leaving their comfort zone where they talk about this or that person being a “resistor.” It’s not about how many followers you have, or how active someone is on Twitter — it’s about realizing how totally fucked we are as a nation in late 2024, early 2025.
IN THE REAL WORLD.
But no one listens to me, which is probably a good thing. If I had the means, I would already be back in South Korea teaching English. But I’m flat broke, so I’m stuck in America as we careen towards a very, very dark future.
