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A Few Dribbles and Drabbles for Discerning Left-Wing ‘Rabble’
Suck it up, Snowflake. A Progressive Future is a Brighter Future.
Sending a nod to Will Hull for the prompt.
A Dribble
A son embraced his father with fears over the ignorant men with guns. A compassionate father, he soothed his child and said
“Never fear to think inhumane thoughts about those who would willfully treat others inhumanely. The power to cause death can not be tolerated in the hands of the ignorant.”
A Drabble
Suzie came home from school one day, excited to see her grandparents were visiting. They asked what interesting things she had learned, to which she replied
“We learned a new rhyme. It goes like this.”
“Biden, Biden, he’s the man. He has things Trump can never have…like decency, humility, the compassion of an evolved man. And the humanity good leaders require, oh…and an abundance of elan. Biden, Biden, yes sir, he’s the man. He makes life better whenever he can.”
The grandparents smiled, overjoyed to have helped raise kids who were raising kids with a mature perspective and a fun sense of creativity.
A Dribble
A gun nut was shot dead last week, the headline read. A dozen or so anti-vaxxers had perished from COVID19, it read on the next page. He let out a sigh and turned to the comics page so he…