The Future Looks Brighter Today

I’d be remiss in not admitting that finally getting confirmation that Biden has won the US Presidential election hasn’t filled me with unending joy! 

I’ve spent far too long on Twitter today doing whatever the opposite of Doomscrolling is, soaking in the global joy and celebrations from everyone at the news that the treacherous tangerine dictator is on his way out. 

For what it’s worth, while we’re here, if anyone reading this thinks for a moment that those who voted for humanity should be more gracious in their victory and not rub it in the faces of the facists that lost, let me remind you that they are FACISTS. Being polite to them is not even unconscionable, it is the very least they should be worried about. Every one of his profiteering cronies needs to be hunted the way Nazi’s were after WWII, and every follower that utters the phrase “I was just following orders” needs to be locked in a tiny cell with a concrete floor and a thin mattress to rest on. 

For the rest

Of their

LIVES. 

I Don’t Know

I don’t know if I’ll make 150 words tonight, but I’m going to start writing. Tonight, the world stares at the United States of America in utter disbelief that a racist, sexist, corrupt, lying old white man can still get close to half the votes in their Presidential elections. For four years this man has actively worked to destroy everything good that the previous President put in place, as well as sundering older laws protecting the environment, minorities, the financially vulnerable, the sick and elderly, and many, many more in a multitude of ways. 

Almost half of all Americans apparently are either racist or stupid or stupid racists. It doesn’t make sense. 

And because of this, America is being drowned in white supremacists, and when people in other countries see that behaviour being rewarded, they start to feel empowered to be openly racist too. It’s infecting everyone, from my birthplace of Ireland to my home here in Canada. 

It’s disgusting. 

I only hope the next four years and many beyond witness a process of global healing. 

I hope, but I don’t entirely believe.