Curious thing, as we were out there on the Coastal Highway today (the main highway through southeastern Delaware), holding our usual signs of protest against the crazed kakistocracy currently seeking the destruction of the USA, a thoughtful dude walks up to us from the nearby gas station where he is tanking up.
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He expresses grave concern, since he and his partner heard some truly vile things being screamed at us from a car that was passing by. "Oh my God! Did you hear what they said? Are you guys okay? That is soooo bizarre that they would scream such bullshit at you!"
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We just laughed heartily, and assured him that we receive at least two or three fusillades of "such bullshit" every Saturday morning we are out here. But, we explained, in stark contrast we receive literally thousands of beeps, waves, smiles, thumbs up, and other (subtle to vociferous) expressions of support and gratitude from passersby. He thanked us for being out there and returned to his car.
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I can honestly say that the most extreme of those hurlings-of-venom out of car windows have, over the last few weeks, started to sound more crazy and desperate. My best guess is that the most dug-in of the cultists are in a state of all-out panic, as they see that their orange savior has gone into full "Weekend at Bernie's" mode, just barely showing up to just barely read the cue-cards.
We do live in interesting times.
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