Politickling
This is a very serious post about a trend I have noticed lately in US politics. Maybe you have noticed it too. It is the tendency of politicians to make comments and engage in behaviors so absurd that they simply make you laugh. No matter what your political views are, I would venture a guess that at some point in the past few months you have heard some piece of news and reacted by saying something like: “What? But that’s ridiculous! You have to be kidding me!” The absurdity of what you were hearing struck you as being simply unbelievable, and you had to ask yourself what in the world was going on. Now you know the answer: you were being politickled!
Like regular tickling, politickling is fun at first! But eventually it starts to get irritating. And then it becomes downright unbearable. Amidst the giggles, you start to cry out “stop, stop, please stop!” but it does not stop. Laughing turns to weeping. Eventually you are in pain. Real, physical pain. Surely this can’t still be going on. It is torture. Pure torture. What kind of sadist would inflict this kind of agony upon you? Why won’t they stop politickling?!?
Why, indeed.
Happy Election Season!!
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