It's been way too long,
and once again, my English has begun to suffer.
All the usual problems are back,
including the struggle to form coherent sentences quickly.
My brain feels like it's in a goddamn fog.
But I've got to two things off my chest,
and hopefully I'll have the time to write about them both here,
because who knows when I'll have the time to return here.
So the first thing that annoys the hell out of me,
is the propagan- er, I mean documentary about
class divisions in Singapore.
I've only seen an excerpt (the whole thing is apparently 40 mins long)
they've posted on Youtube, where students between the ages of 9 and 17 are interviewed.
You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNuvfU6RbVg
The way it's been edited, along with the accompanying sad music
paints a picture of how students from low or lower income families
are looked down upon by their schoolmates,
and how they feel about it.
Crap! I've got to finish this up quickly.
Fine.
It's goddamn piece designed to deflect attention
away from the root cause of the class divide: Government Policies.
The main issue is fucking institutional,
which in turn is reflected by the students' attitudes,
not the other way around.
And the most annoying thing of all?
The host is the Senior Minister of State,
Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Communications and Information.
That's right.
I've asked those who've watched the whole thing,
and they never once - not ONCE - mentioned the government's role
is perpetuating and exacerbating the class divide.
Of course not.
And the second thing I wanted to rant about?
Racist Trump supporters, and the ones who enabled
his rise to power,
including the so-called "liberal" Democrats.
I find it adorable how shocked a friend
was at finding out how some of the people she knew
who supported Trump tried to justify
all the shit that he's done.
Let's make one thing crystal clear:
If you harm or support the harming of CHILDREN,
you are no longer human to me.
You cannot be reasoned with,
and your opinions do not fucking matter.
There is no reason to harm children.
NONE.
You can twist and turn all you want,
and I'll leave the reasoning or attempts at it
to people who are far more patient (or tolerant of this bullshit)
than I am.
You are the ones who took part in pogroms
and lynchings.
You are the ones who bake cookies for your kids that you've
brought along to witness the lynchings and brutal torture of innocent men, women, kids.
You are the ones who smile warmly as
people cut off the ears and fingers of those victims to keep
as souvenirs.
There can be no reasoning with people like these.
They will not stop.
They will not stop.
If they advance,
you must be prepared to beat them back.
They want to subjugate
those of colour,
and their kids.
This is not a "difference of opinion"
the way people would disagree over the best way to design a building
or write a book.
They are not human,
but not animals either,
for it would be a grave insult to animals themselves,
who do not approach anywhere near the cruelty and malice of those vile creatures.
Do not back down,
do not give them a quarter or an inch.
Be prepared to always fight.
Well enough of that.
