”I really wanna know.”
(with thanks to The Who)
Do true believers ever flinch when they hear uncomfortable or unacceptable things about their idols?
Do they, like other minorities, hear bad news and hope it was not perpetrated by one of theirs? How long can they hear and see no evil; refuse to acknowledge that they might have been wrong in their assessments?
How do they justify their blanket belief that their heroes are infallible when stone-hard evidence can demonstrably prove them wrong over and over again?
How do they live with themselves day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute; lie after lie, cruelty after cruelty, indifference after indifference?
What does it take to get them to cringe instead of only shrug their shoulders and look away; speak out and against instead of only for; to remove their blindfolds and finally feel true, honest disgust, shame and culpability?
Ronda R. Scott-Marak
©18 October 2017
I wonder this about Obama fans. But then I remember I know nothing about politics, take another toke & fuggetaboutit.
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