So, twas the week after the election, and all through the nation, you had 19-petitions to secede, from places as diverse as Texas to New York, a wave of people want to get the heck away from Barack Obama.
What does that have to do with this blog? Nothing. Nothing at all. Except for the fact that the top ten blog posts of all time for A Pius Man has to do with either sex, politics, or comic books. So, somehow, I have to link up Obama's appearance in Spider Man with the latest sex scandal, and I will have the ultimate blog post -- especially if I have a musical interleud by Two Steps From Hell.
If one is to believe social media, there is no allowing for a middle of the road approach aht-wing friends are somewhat sane-ish (no one I know is completely sane), but some of the left-wingers were so loud for so long with some pretty heavy-duty insults, I had to defriend some of them, and blockatleast one altogether from Facebook. There was a "worship Obama and watch only MSNBC" or "you're an evil, right-wing homophobic 1%-er with no human decency, and that goes double if you're Catholic." And if you're Catholic, you're old-fashioned and stupid.
And after Obama won, it got worse.
And, of course, whenever someone was called out on it -- such as "I hold the belief you're pissed off about, you think I'm evil?" -- the reply of everyone is a standard, "Oh, I don't mean you!" But after a while, when they make no distinctions between "you" the "friend" and all of those people who are evil for even holding an opinion contrary to their own .... yes, they do mean you. I mean, hell, when they say that you're a threat to humanity, you hate people (women, puppies and Christmas), and you start to get the impression that if a church filled with Catholics were blown up, they would celebrate, and maybe shed a tear or two when they found out you were in it.
After Kathey Giffords was shot by deeply psychotic Jared Loughner, we were all told that rhetoric kills, and we all have to be civil. Where did that go?
If you're now wondering about my politics, I covered them here, so you can save your desparaging remarks. Frankly, I'm on the side of civility, and right now, the loud, utterly psychotic ranting is coming from the left side, and I see no one on the left throwing a net over their more insane members. Read through the article on my politics and when I'm no longer being labeled as evil for even having opinions on these topics, then we can talk.
Now, if the current atmosphere keeps up, I'm sure I can get more blog viewers by tacking hard to one political end or the other. I'd rather not, because I like holding onto what sanity I have with both hands, and maybe my teeth.
I'm also sure I can get more readers by introducing sex as a topic more often... but, again, I'd rather not.
And I stopped reading comic books a while ago.
If I do not hear back from Chesterton Press by the end of the year, I will give self-publishing a try on A Pius Man. It'll take me a while though. So, we'll see what goes on here. And, with any luck, it'll work. But I'd much rather not. Really, I'd rather not.
I'm out. And I'll talk to you all later. Hopefully, I'll have a topic next time, as opposed to these vague meandering posts that barely have a point.
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