2nd Chapter
A serialized book on the evil of our time...
Professor Austin O. Arthur was gloomy as he told me about the GOP plague that continually attacks America. “It is a junta of ignorance comprised of sub-human creatures who totally reject integrity.”
“Wow,” I said. “That sounds awful.”
“Yes,” he said. “The contagion called conservatism is very awful.”
“Are republicans that bad?” I asked.
“Yes, indeed,” he said. “It’s important to remember what right-wingers are against,” the Professor stated. “Conservatives are anti-women, anti-student, anti-veteran, anti-senior, anti-education, anti-science, anti-fact, and anti-democracy.”
“Are conservatives in favor of anything?” I asked.
“Yes, they are in favor of the Alt-Right.”
“What’s that?”
“White Supremacists, Nazis, neo-Nazis, worshipers of the policies of the Third Reich, crazies, and scum. Right wingers are, to use a highly technical scientific term, yucky-poo.”
“How do officials of the GOP handle this?”
“Same way they always do,” he replied. “GOPers use prevarication, duplicity, pretense, and denial.”
“Does that fool their voters?”
“Quite often, unfortunately,” Professor Arthur said.
“That’s a shame,” I said.
“And that’s not all,” the Professor said. “News organizations are mostly conservative, so media coverage also avoids other GOP policies that are harmful to the nation.”
“That sounds ominous,” I said.
“Consider this,” the Professor went on, “the GOP is conducting multiple statewide efforts to suppress the vote. That disqualifies their candidates, in my view.”
“I agree.”
“Plus, conservatives continually prevent Americans from receiving the same type of universal health care enjoyed by developed countries. This is also disqualifying,” the Professor said.
“Again, I agree.”
“What’s ironic about this is that America has a health care plan called Medicare and it’s quite good.”
“Medicare works very well,” I agreed.
“The only problem is that it is limited to those over sixty-five.”
“Why doesn’t Congress simply expand it and give us Medicare for All?” I asked.
“Because Conservatives get campaign donations from the insurance, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries, and from others who profit from sick people.”
“That seems wrong,” I said.
“Indeed,” the Professor stated. “Almost everything about GOP policies is wrong. Cons call for the removal of regulations protecting air and water. The GOP poisoned one hundred thousand people in Michigan alone. Who knows if your neighborhood is next?”
“Republican policies are dangerous.”
“Absolutely, but there’s more. The GOP doesn’t want to do anything to help fight climate change despite it being the most important issue facing humanity today. In fact, GOPers are speeding up the destruction of the earth’s atmosphere. This is disqualifying for the entire Republican Party.”
“Are they hurting the economy?” I asked.
“Oh my, yes. GOP candidates continually support the financial raping of the poor and the middle class in order to increase the wealth of those who are already wealthy.”
“That’s bad economics and bad civics.”
“Yes,” he said. “If you’re a Republican, you are supporting anti-American policies.”
“It sure seems that way,” I said. “Well, thank you, Professor. Oh, I almost forgot to ask this: how are you voting this year?”
“I will write-in Birgitta Jónsdóttir.”
“Formerly of Iceland’s Pirate Party?”
“Yes, that’s correct,” the Professor said.
“Why are you voting for her?”
“Since the GOP is a mob of right-wing nut-job treason-weasels trying to destroy America, I decided to move to Reykjavik.”
“That seems drastic,” I said.
“Well,” the Professor said ruefully, “compared to the filth in the GOP, even the arctic winter of Iceland seems welcoming.”