To the Editor:
It’s well past time we all wake from our fitful dreams and fevered fantasies of some idyllic past of white picket fences and matching neighbors, babbling unpolluted brooks, lifelong, happily heterosexual matings (always after marriage); where no woman was ever mistreated, or girl had to deal with an unwanted or unendurable pregnancy, where no crimes were committed and all of us devoutly attended church every Sunday and always, always obeyed all ten commandments. A time when “Strange Fruit” (see Billie Holliday) didn’t grow on southern oaks and our perfect children could never be tainted by uncomfortable truths (such as CRT). And, of course, a time where all our wars were just, justifiable, and eminently laudable; where atomic bombs could be utilized with no fear (for us). A time where racism was unknown and blessedly unimaginable, because “those” people were just never allowed anywhere near us.
And, of course, of a “Grand” and beneficent “Old” political party forever governed by truth, justice and “the American way” and eternally dedicated to our flawless constitution.
Folks, it’s time to quit hitting “snooze”. It’s a quarter past 10…. and I don’t mean a.m.! Our failure to wake up to protect others with a mask or get a simple shot in the arm has condemned hundreds of thousands of us to a tortuous, slow strangulation in our own bodily fluids. It’s condemning every one of our children and grandchildren to a life we can’t possibly imagine and a world which is day by day more and more irretrievably defiled & decimated by our despicable, criminal inaction.