Some people, you just look at them, you don’t really need to ask their politics. Older woman, seemingly chronically angry, no felt need to conform to female stereotypes, such as by combing her hair once in a while, or caring about her clothes, and I got the feeling if I wanted to argue with her, all I needed to do is say something nice about Trump.
Then it hit me that so many of these women, particularly, resemble Dana Carvey’s church lady. They are humorless. They are relentless. They have stupid pseudohumor, but they really don’t mean it. They judge everyone they meet according to a very strict standard, but feel no need to match the standards of others, such as by making congruent their Christianity and the call of that religion to love all.
Likewise, Nancy Pelosi is humorless. She judges everyone she meets. This is how it feels to me.
And I really think Chuck Schumer thinks of himself as a modern day Martin Luther King, Jr. even though MLK himself would have been horrified at his politics, since black people stand to be hurt the worst if he pushes through his insidious legislation. Schumer thinks of himself as a moral genius, a leader of the greatest virtue.
Now, I am thinking out loud, and I don’t spend a lot of time watching these people on TV. Perhaps I am being a bit tone deaf. Perhaps I am projecting my assumptions on them. These are real possibilities. But I thought I would post this anyway. The main point I wanted to make was the humorlessness, and emotional disconnectedness from the currents of what could be a shared cultural life. They are out there somewhere. They are not here. They are not us, where most ordinary Americans are concerned.
I will never forget that Pelosi, self styled champion of the downtrodden, spent a night, perhaps a few nights, in a $10,000/night hotel.
Edit: I do actually feel some sympathy for this woman I saw in the park, or in any event, the mental image I formed of her, and all the assumptions I then made about her. The “angry woman” usually has a reason for being such. The ones I feel no sympathy for are the ones who use this anger to gain power. I feel no sympathy for Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer is a Grade A asshole. He doesn’t give a flying fuck about anybody but himself, his grandstanding and pious rhetoric notwithstanding. These people can go to hell for all I’m concerned, and frankly it is within my own personal belief that that is where they are headed.
Jesus himself did not judge the sinners. He judged those who caused others to sin, and who benefited from their sin.