me today

I saw an ad this morning for an on-line degree. It said no tests, no homework, life experience credited.

It meant, pretty much minimal effort, minimal work. And that means, most surely, minimal learning.

From way back when they’ve dumbed-down schooling, from public school though college and even through some grad schools.

Pay the money, get the letters next to your name.

Voila.

They are betting that in today’s world if you do it their way, you will vote for Joe Biden and people like him.

They are betting that when you see buildings burning and police precincts and vehicles overturned and destroyed, you will believe them when they tell you it is not violence.

They are betting that when you see what happened January 6th you will believe them that it was an armed insurrection when only one weapon, a sidearm, was found and when one unarmed female veteran was shot by them in cold blood.

They are betting you will believe them when they tell you that America’s greatest threat is right-wing domestic terrorism.

They are betting you are stupid enough to believe what they tell you over what your eyes see.

And so it goes.

By Peter Weiss