I can hear my grandmother now saying, “I can show you better than I can tell you.” I’m sure many of you who grew up in the South have heard some variation of this phrase, especially if you grew up in a black household. I never realized how many wild and funny sayings I had until I moved to Los Angeles. My coworkers would laugh at my many old grandmother-like statements, hearing things for the first time and still knowing exactly what I meant. Another one I like is “you don’t believe that fat meat is greasy.” To sum it up, it means that you will get to really see the reality or true colors of what/who you picked. And after the election results, this is a statement I want to make sure I say now before the chaos starts.
When I was a teacher assistant at an elementary school years ago, I had to work in the lunchroom with about 100 students at a time. I like to compare it to hell on earth. Lol. No, but seriously, it was a jungle! Anyway, I would let them scream til their heart’s content and then reel it back in before the roof blew off. Some would see me reaching for that microphone to say quiet down and would fall in line, while others would be ready to test my gangsta. It only took them a little while to see that once you go too far, I’d have my phone out already dialing up their parents. It was a mess around and find out kind of situation. Well, I said all of that to say, yall played around and let this egomaniac get back into office and now you’re about to find out.
Although I’m livid that VP Kamala Harris will not be the next president, I’m waiting for the craziness that is going to begin starting today. Like they say to the kids, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit. We’ve already seen a fit on that January 6th date, but the “payback” mentality from Trump is going to be overwhelming this go round. America has basically given him the ammunition to do whatever he wants! I’m not even a true political person like that, but I’m invested now. I am going to keep tally of the foolery that is to come and be the first to say “no fits” as the countless occurrences roll in. Maybe then and only then will y’all realize the real character of Trump and the danger he is to true democracy. So sit back, buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. I can hear the screams from the roller coaster now….
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