Perhaps the absurdity of today’s political landscape in America which is so frustrating to me is actually a form of cognitive dissonance? I’m unsure but need to air the stale laundry out. So I will attempt to unearth the buried vessel, try to remove the splinter under my skin. Try and follow my logic, and may this may not be absurd.
Internal frustration may arise from challenges in fulfilling personal goals, desires, instinctual drives and needs. Conflict, such as when one has competing goals that interfere with one another, can also be an internal source of frustration or annoyance and can create cognitive dissonance. External causes of frustration involve conditions outside an individual's control, such as a physical roadblock, a difficult task, or the perception of wasting time. There are multiple ways individuals cope with frustration such as passive–aggressive behavior, anger, or violence, although frustration may also propel positive processes via enhanced effort and striving.
I only wish to strive, this I now think and resign myself to.
Exempla absthe aburditatis semper abundant.[Examples of absurdity are ever abundant.]
Such as:
“An FBI that targets Christians, Catholics and Conservatives is an FBI that poses an imminent threat of harm to citizens.”
“Congress needs to consider eliminating a rogue agency.”
— Arizona Republican Representative Paul Gosar - 2/16/23 on Twitter
“Absurdity refutes itself.” — Bartholini
Thomas Bartholin (20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans and for his advancements of the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically.
A Poem - Try non ut insaniam (Try not to go mad)
I’m a frustrated writer, a frustrated progressive, a frustrated American,
People I know seem so much out of the realm of reality,
After many years of absurdity, climaxing in Trumpism, the absurdities are well and alive,
Is Thomas Bartholin mistaken, refutation seems still not to occur, with the depths of degree of absurdity only submerging more.
The intellectual level of memes shared on my feeds by some I know never fail to astound me,
At times I try to convince myself that this is only their form of humor, and they know their mistakes upfront,
But, no indeed I surmise that these thoughts are serious thoughts to them, and it’s frightening to the rational mind,
So I try to avoid the bait of their absurdity, letting it go, it’s not my problem but theirs,
Yet I know this summation may not be actually correct, as collateral damage from ignorance is certainly a possibility.
So at times a refuse to write on the apparent weakness for other’s perceptions, other’s beliefs,
Yet, I hesitate, someone must point it out, and like the bystander at an accident scene, one has a responsibility,
So I must live within the world of absurdity, like the rest of the human race,
Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 being a Chinese bio-weapon, Jewish space lasers, etc., I wish such absurdities would be refuted by all, like a clay pigeon shattering from shot,
But we know there will be more winged absurdities to fly into our cornfield to settle in for the long term,
So on this day, a commitment is once again in order,
I will continue in the war against absurdity, try not to make me what I don’t want to be, and not in turn tune into absurdity as well.
12th posting February 17, 2023