7. Liberal in a Conservative Jungle

I picked up a passenger from a clinic today who was a retired police officer. A super progressive liberal police officer at that, which was kind of astounding, especially in the super conservative state that I live in (ok, these days it is leaning purple, but it is still plenty red),

 

He started off by complaining about the heat and how the entire country was so hot that there was no place to go to escape the heat. He said that all the idiots who didn’t believe in climate change were making the world pay for their idiocy and if they didn’t see it by recent temperatures, they should burn… in hell.

 

Then he went on to tell me how much he hated former President T. He REALLY hated him. He thought the latest indictments against him should have him arrested. He thought the judge in the case would throw the book at him. He thought anyone who donated to this guy were idiots and deserve to lose their money. He hated his family and thought that they should all be jailed for treason. He hated his orange hair, his orange tan, and his lies about Biden.

 

He did like that he couldn’t shut his big mouth and thought that was what was going to get him imprisoned where he hoped he would become some huge guy’s bitch.

 

From there, he went to vocalize his hate for the current governor of Texas. He told me about how someone just drowned in the Rio Grande, because they got tangled up in barbed wire that the governor was supposed to have removed but didn’t and that charges were being brought up against the governor. He thought the governor should be going to jail and should be going to jail for human trafficking offenses as well since he transported humans in buses across the country by lying to them.

 

This brought him to the current governor of Florida, who had done the same thing. He was another one he thought was a lunatic who should also be locked up, especially as he was jeopardizing the state’s economy by picking a fight with one of its biggest attractions. That Mouse will fight back.

 

He made insinuations about someone from the left needing to take pot shots (a euphemism for something more extreme), at people like these three. He added the “spineless weakling” who was current Speaker of the House (hint: he’s from California) because he had denounced the insurrection on January 6 and then turned around to kiss the big orange butt. He noted that no liberal would ever take the potshot, because they were too decent and do not have the backbone to take one for the team. He said that when the conservatives go low, the liberals should go lower, but won’t.

 

As we approached his stop, he told me that he had a podcast that he ran five nights a week where he talked about his liberal views. He said he got a lot of calls from the red hat people who would argue with him and he would then put them all in their place with facts.

 

It was quite a rant. He went on for the entire ride all the way to closing the door after he go out. I said as little as possible, but it amazed me this was a former law-enforcement officer living in this state. I don’t know how he figured I was a liberal, but he had to have some idea considering how he was going off. I don’t have any stickers on my car or anything.

 

I just smiled a lot and nodded my head at what he said. I didn’t know if it was a set up or not… I say something t and he goes “Aha! I got you, you dirty liberal!” 

I’ll have to look for his podcast.