Tuesday Tidbits: Here we go again.
I’m glad that I don’t live in the United States.
That being said, it try living next to a dumpster fire. I don’t have the stamina to go over all the s#!t that’s happening south of the border, but a couple of things stood out this week.
At the memorial for Charlie Kirk, which was more of a MAGA martyr fest than anything else, the Donald Trump said:
“That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them.”
So, Trump just effectively told every kid out there that it’s okay to hate anyone with an opposing view. A child with a parent that’s a bully has a good chance of becoming a bully themselves.
I don’t like the word hate. I try to use dislike as the alternative. I wrote a poem about it in 2019:
Mr. Trump (I don’t think he should be referred to as president because he’s not acting in the best interests of the country, only his own) also went on television, stumbled over the word, acetaminophen, and told pregnant women, “I want to say it like it is, don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it.” before saying that women with a fever should, “tough it out.”
Most doctors say that fever during pregnancy poses a greater risk than administering the US health department approved drug.
He went on to say:
“Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.”
I’ll give you a moment to read that again because you may have read it grammatically correct, because you have intelligence…
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/
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