In Ionesco’s absurdist play “Rhinoceros” a man watches as gradually everyone in his town is transformed into a Rhinoceros. At first there are protests, but gradually everyone yields to the new reality and sees that there is, after all, nothing wrong with being a Rhinoceros.
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There was a time when certain tweets and utterances caused dismay. How unprecedented! How unpresidential! Yet gradually we watch as the GOP, govt agencies, courts, military, media, even Christianity take on the features of the Rhinoceros. Is it too late?
Dr King reminded us of “the fierce urgency of now.” “If we do not act now we shall surely be dragged down the long corridor of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.”
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I think so.
This wont end when the T-word is out of office. He will be bigger trouble when he leaves.
I fear a more savvy, smarter version which I believe is on the horizon.
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