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Patrick my man, that’s about the most clear-eyed assessment I’ve read. “A clown with a flamethrower”, as Charlie Sykes summed him up. You have to respect the flamethrower, but STOP talking about the clown. As the children learned about Pennywise the clown in Stephen King’s IT, “IT’s” power was 100% fed by their fear and imaginations. So we best direct our actions and attention elsewhere, and don’t let political broadcast and social media keep you locked into this bread and circus insanity. Real shit needs to get done. Again, Kudos for a pitch perfect diagnosis that this is about us, and whining about and obsessing g about the incoming President accomplishes next to nothing.

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