BAD

Traci Lindsten
3 min readJun 22, 2020

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This article is bad. Just bad. It is kind of sociopathic and scary. It’s a culmination of all my lower emotions, fueled by the anger I have been repressing over the term of the Tool’s presidency. The dam has burst, the boom has lowered, the spool unraveled. The Tool’s recent rally, John Bolton, lack of political action, and every evil thing the Orange Shite Gibbon has done, are the last straw.…

Let’s just start off by documenting this horrible thought. Get it out there. As usually a compassionate human being, this goes way below normal human standards. This thinking puts me at the level of the Tool and his base, but here it is:

“I hope that every single Tool supporter, the Tool himself, and anyone that works for or believes in the Tool contracts COVID, and dies.”

Isn’t that just the worst?!

I believe in Karma, and seem to have instant Karma, so I will be expecting the Universe’s response to my horrible pronouncement immediately. If there are no more rants in the future, you will know that Karma has killed me with COVID, as retribution for my dastardly wish.

While I recognize this kind of rant places me down at the lowest level of emotional intelligence, I don’t care. I am too burnt out to feel bad about it. To make matters worse, actually penning this kind of admission is proving to be quite freeing. GEEZ! Is there simply no level to which I will not stoop?

I will also confess that I have thought this before. I have toyed with it. I have skirted the boundaries, but until today never crossed over to voicing it out loud or writing it publicly. You’d think, for the love of Mary, I could have kept it under control for five more months until the election. Then if he lost, I would never have to admit to myself, or show other carbon units how low I sank.

Self-awareness is a thing with me. I try to look at what I say and do after a particularly disturbing event or action that sends my brain an alert. (“Danger, Will Robinson!”) Unfortunately, I can find no justification or rationalization for my admission, because there is none.

If we get into the weeds, there are a ton of arguments to rebut the admission:

1. Not all people who voted for Trump still like him, realizing a mistake

2. Not all people who voted for Trump and still like him are bad people

3. Not all people who work for Trump are really his supporters, they just need a job

4. Not all people who protect Trump have a choice, i.e., Secret Services guys and White House staff

5. People that were at the rally to provide technical expertise or safety should be exempt

The list could go on and on. Therefore, painting issues in a broad swath is never a good idea.

Do I get credit for the realization of how bad this is? No.

Does the fact that I mean it and don’t want to take it back require me to turn in my human-being card? Yes.

Does this mean I am branded to the lower level of the Tool’s base? Probably.

Here’s the key question: Do I care? Here’s the troubling answer: No!

This is BAD, just BAD.

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Traci Lindsten
Traci Lindsten

Written by Traci Lindsten

Someone, who sometimes, has something to say.

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