“Marie, as-tu entendu que quelqu’un s’appelle King ?
Antoinette, Non. Qu’est-ce que la folie ? Il doit être un imbécile.”“Marie, did you hear that someone is calling himself King?
Antoinette! No! What Lunacy! He must be a fool!”
Un mème en mérite un autre. Celui qui rêve d’être roi est fou.
One meme deserves another. Whoever dreams of being King is crazy.
A few days ago, the new president re-posted an image of a fictitious Time Magazine cover showing him in royal regalia and the title Long Live The King. This mock-up of the cover along with at least one other similar meme immediately got mocked. Typically, I avoid such visual cliches. I chortle once and I go on my way.
But this demanded a response, a broadside. So, In the spirit of the late 18th Century. This is it.
Saying things like, “Long Live Me” and “I’m Number One” displays a weak ego. We’ve been shown, repeatedly over the last eight years and particularly this previous month, the president is mentally ill and can not be trusted with any authority. His cruelty is an indication of how badly he was treated as a child. He is a broken man that can not be trusted.
To those that voted for him, please reconsider your decision and join the rest of us to stop the madness and cruelty. Our future can be much better than the one we’re plummeting into.