A BRIEF STATEMENT
Hi you.
It’s me.
I’m feeling a lightness to my step I’m unaccustomed to. I’m pretty sure it’s the incremental boost in freedom made possible by the removal of Donald Trump from my brain. I’ve gone hours, even an entire day, without thinking about him.
When I turn on a screen, be it programmed by algorithms or news executives, he no longer lurks behind every pixel. This is good. Since the tech platforms unplugged the microphone of this seditious menace, the spread of online misinformation has plummeted. He is still free to speak his mind. He just no longer has access to the amplification engine of private enterprise to aid him.
Unfortunately the liberation I feel is not equally distributed within the Republican Party which continues to hold itself hostage to lies, a cult of personality, and anti-democratic ways. Although Trump no longer holds office he still holds power. He granted permission for violence, racism, and lying as a path to political power, and that belief system has metastasized in the body politic of the GOP.
The latest news of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green stands as a positive test result indicating the reach of this dangerous infection. She literally hides her face behind a “Free Speech” mask, unwilling to acknowledge that she is still free to speak her lies but has no inherent right to, for example, a Congressional committee membership.
I hope you enjoy your newfound, if modest, increase in freedom without Trump occupying as much of your attention. Let us hope Republicans choose to enjoy this freedom as well.
