The Tapeworm Gallery: Against Flesh and Blood

            NEWSFLASH: Man with Immigrant Wife Elected President by Multitude of Bigots. #classic. But is he racist? Who cares? I don’t need him to be the poster child for jingoism. I just need him to maintain speeches of eloquent diplomacy. So ladies, lock up your ******* because there’s a new sheriff in town.  And with him marks the end of civility in the public square. I’ve waited 240 years for this.

            Since the election, I have kicked back with endless bags of BOOMCHICKAPOP Holidrizzle to watch the show. (Love their Pumpkin Spice flavor.) Forget political parties. The Neo-Nazis have their megaphones back, and now the real party begins. From middle school deportation flyers, to door-to-door Texas neighborhood KKK flyers, America—you make me proud.    

            Yes, Orange is the new Black, thanks to Klansmen coming out of the woods to vote for the first time in twelve years. I told them their people are supreme to all others and they believe me. And now from Ubers to university campuses; from airplanes to arts and crafts megastores, the 2016 election has made Americans feel safe and loved everywhere. Almost 1000 hate crimes have gone down since the election. Even schoolchildren have perpetrated my xenophobic sentiments due to the incubators they call home. Who knew Swastikas would return to fashion?  

            I admit both sides play the game. I know because I created the game. I have heightened fears with black, white, brown, yellow, and pink. Fear + Ignorance = Hate. The equation remains the same, and yet you keep falling for it. And now emotions erupt from all places: Democrat, Republican, pigmented, non-pigmented, Christian, non-Christian, city-dweller, rural folk, rich, and poor. So whether it’s hijab-yanking or punching someone who voted for Orange, I care not. But I do like the president-elect. (Must be my love for walls.)

            All this hate proves that civil rights laws and movements have changed nothing in America. #notcomplaining. Because no law punishes, “Don’t say it—just think it.” But the country is divided now thanks to the president-elect. Quit your whining. I stirred up this hate long before Osama bin Laden. In fact, America has always been a cesspool of division and bigotry. So don’t blame Two Corinthians. Even evangelicals have not given a rodent’s sit-organ about diversity and racial reconciliation, thanks to me and some of America’s nominal Christian forefathers. Just look at your homogenous churches. Your cultural trophies have always trumped God—no pun intended. Besides, American evangelicals have held a great track record for stopping injustice. Why change now?

            What’s that you say? I’m making unfair and gross generalizations about groups of people? Somebody call a waaambulance. My kind may have invented the art of stereotyping, but don’t pretend you humans haven’t enjoyed following our lead. Your struggle is not against flesh and blood. But I love that you think it is. And the real winners here? Your children.  

            So let’s raise our glasses…To the Disunited States…May you remain blind to the rulers, the powers, and the spiritual forces so that your gaping wounds of hurt and hate never heal. Because to me #nolivesmatter.

~Tapeworm