I'd thought a friend from high school whom I've exchanged snail- and e- mail with for some 41 years had grown tired of me, not writing for something like a couple weeks, which is extremely unusual. I figured I'd finally said something along the political lines that had him canceling me. But the truth was he'd forgotten he'd started writing me, which start was still in his "Drafts" folder, and so when he'd not heard from *me* in a while he started wondering, leading to discovering that start.
Are things ever as they seem to be?
From gemini://vigrey.com/journal/winter-nights-2024-oaths-and-deleting-my-mastodon-account.gmi Winter Nights 2024 - Oaths and Deleting My Mastodon Account:
> Before someone bugs me about it, yes, I know Mastodon is
> less of a "platform" as it is a federated "program", but
> at least with the instances that haven't been defederated
> by the big instances, it's become a left wing echo chamber.
It's been a couple decades that I've watched left supporters become increasingly vitriolic against people with my physical characteristics. The key phrase is "old white men", who they openly consider the root of all evil.
Will I be voting against candidates of the party that considers *them* "fine people"?
Damned straight! Without even verifying credentials. I must vote against those who consider me the problem. Period.
I used to think it was important to care about other people.
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