When This Blows Over

That this time the exercise happened to spawn a hefty,
sprawling diary that does, in fact, tell some sort of
wildly fascinating tragi-comic-edifying tale was a
last-minute revelation - not an original design.
Chronology is loose, to say the least, but not ignored
either -- Some clippings and topics are introduced to
give general bearings along an admittedly rough
timeline, beginning at election season 2016 and
flashing back again somewhere in the third (fourth?)
act. Poke around – have fun; dig deep or skim. What
was said then is the main attraction here…
Well-expressed viewpoints that clarify and counter
the mob narrative are generally favored, but I
consider myself more of a curious alien, than a rabid,
defiant partisan. As one media commentator wisely
observed, the whole concoction is best described as a
collective hallucination – not a coherent community.
I am a huge fan of Voltaire – less for his works, than
for his free-style attitude towards all things
sanctimonious.
Since this was never intended to be a “scholarly” work,
and I was (selfishly…) more interested in getting my
grubby hands on the daily prize / opinion than
digging for the identity of the wise soul who actually
left it in the box, there are unreferenced gems
throughout.