Black Bean

 

 

 

There is talk of war going around. The death of Charlie Kirk has ignited fire on both sides of the fence. The term civil war has been cropping up for some time. I was very vocal in saying we could never have a civil war. Civil War I was started by an entire section of the country pulling out, starting a new republic and then either started a war or defended itself, depending upon which flavor you subscribed to. Of course there was the slavery issue. The Confederacy tended to point to states rights, one right being the buying and selling of people. The north didn’t have as many slaves but then they didn’t have cotton either. Slaves picked cotton, cotton went to New York, garments went to London, the South was the bad guy. Six-hundred and fifty thousand dead later it would take over a century and then some for the south to truly assimilate back into the United States.

That’s a civil war! This current social uprising bears no resemblance to that. There are no mass armies, or exodus from the main body. In 1861 sides were firmly divided by culture and separation. The conservative and liberal factions of 2025 don’t have that. They are at each other’s throats over personal choices. Who do you love? One from column A or two from column B. With the advent of the internet all truth goes right out the window. Any middle-aged guy in his underwear toying with FakeBook sees himself as a journalist. Nowhere men making their plans for nobody.

So we have hate crimes and forbidden words and safe rooms. And people are being fired from their jobs for expressing an opinion. Now, in all fairness aspersing a widow while she’s crying over her husband’s casket is a bit much, wouldn’t you think? But we live in a plastic world. No consequences for actions. No respect. Even Santa Anna took off his hat to Mrs Dickinson. Hate is cheap. It costs nothing but in the end it gives nothing.

Charlie has changed your world! As John Lennon when he was informed of Elvis Presley’s passing said, “Good career move!” And within one day Charlie went from 1.5 million followers to 10 million. Kids in New Zealand are sporting “I am Charlie” badges. Charlie ain’t going nowhere! And it doesn’t matter if he made mistakes. He made it to the end of the line.

Frankly, a Charlie has been due for a long time. Mr Kirk just drew the black bean. America has been slap crazy since Obama moved into the White House. C’mon. You know it. Fast talking, jive-ass pimp. But hell! Even I liked to listen to him rattle on. And the liberals perpetuated the myth. And they got Trump! The only human that has two right arms. The sun rose today because Donald Trump said it was ok. Cute blondes for press secretary and a witch doctor as the Secretary of Health and Human Services and America’s got the clap! There’s that pendulum! And the best the left could do was shoot Charlie Kirk. Shucks! If they wanted to shoot somebody I got a whole list of in-laws.

But Charlie’s here to stay. He gave us a mark that keeps on giving. And your pronouns don’t matter. Try this pronoun . . .Gone! Over! Finished! Kaput! All over but the crying. Charlie was a good man. I will miss him. But his thoughts and words are going throughout the world. But for now there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth. And a lot of smudged makeup!