Apparently there was some sort of rally this past weekend in DC, and apparently I’ve missed all sorts of new memes like “anchor babies” and “terror babies.” I guess I’m not too surprised. It’s the natural evolution that we would start blaming babies for the problems of this country.
After all, we’ve tried blaming the gays. With, you know, wanting to get married and all. We’ve tried blaming the poor, the pregnant, the Muslim. We’ve blamed the sick, the immigrants, the addicted. We’ve blamed the socialists, the communists, the relativists, the unbelievers, even the scientists.
Now we’ve moved on to babies. And it’s a natural evolution of things, I suppose. Because blame always seems to come to rest on those with the least power.
Well, I’ve got news. Between the poor, the gay, the girls with unwanted pregnancies, the immigrants, the sick, the Muslim, and the babies- well, that’s pretty much most of us. And if I had to pick a side to be on- the aforementioned powerless, or the impotent blamers- well, it wouldn’t be the blamers.
In fact, maybe blame is the problem here. Maybe if we weren’t so busy picking out the next target for blame, we could actually be improving the world in some way.
Maybe there is nothing to blame, but blame itself.
So true.
I think this may be my favorite post you’ve ever done. Did Lina help you with this one?
I’m still allowed to blame rich old white men, though, right?
One person suggested the post be interpreted in such a way that we all start blaming Nothing, which I also like. Nothing, and rich old white men. Who have nothing in common, except… well, except nothing. Which shows that it really is a conspiracy!
Hey, what gives? What happened to my comment? I expect full attribution for my meaningless blog comments. Sob, sob, sob.
(Btw, where *does* all the poop come from? Definitely not from Nothing.)