Imagine you’re at a family gathering. And grandpa, already known to get a little feisty about politics, especially after the obligatory post meal shots of whiskey, won’t let the bullshit story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s tattoos rest.
There are several layers of what’s believed about the tattoos. First, there’s the reality that the tattoos have nothing to do with the MS 13 gang. Then there’s the Fox News/Qanon spin that the symbols of what looks to be a marijuana leaf, a smiley, a cross, and a skull can be interpreted as meaning “MS 13”. Grandpa, is at the bottom of the barrel and believes that the photoshopped in images of M S 1 3 actually appear as tattoos in addition to the actual pictures.
You pull grandpa aside. But spurred on by a lovely gematria decode that MS13 = 45, just like Trump was President #45, predictably doubles down and refuses to accept the reality that the M S 13 are not actually tattooed on Garcia’s knuckles. You start having the long overdue discussion. It might be time to put grandpa in a nursing home.
But, if you haven’t heard, the elderly person *showing obvious symptoms of cognitive decline* (and who was never that bright and a toxic narcissist to boot) is the current President. And the entire country is hostage to the fuck around and find out stage of what happens. Trump, predictably doubled down on made up information instead of backpedaling and trying to undo the damage of sending someone to a notoriously harsh foreign jail. The FAFO reply has been predictable. Economic deals with the U.S. are not safe. Grandpa is far too arbitrary and untrustworthy to be accepted at face value. The boy who cried wolf has finally lied one million too many times.
Decades ago we could have had qualified cabinet members to help Grandpa fake it through four years. Heck, even Trump’s first term wasn’t too bad. But now we know that there’s no voice of reason remaining to talk him down. Loyalty to being wrong about everything is rewarded. Dealing in actual facts like Wikipedia instead of doing gematria decodes is attacked and belittled.
I wish that the old school gematria masters weren’t silent about this and similar Trump related topics. It would be interesting to see if reporting YouTube videos doing gematria on tattoos, tariffs, ICE raids, deporting children with cancer, etc… would get videos and channels deleted. Unlike when it was in fashion to slam Obama, Hillary and Biden with overwhelming amounts of negative gematria press. Those videos got pulled rarely, if ever. The crickets are defeating now.
Strangely, reality doesn’t really care about made up information created by people with an agenda. Now amount of gematria awareness, misinterpreted tattoos or bullying is going to change that facts do matter.
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