Source: Liberal Currents
by Justin Briley
“Our nation never called him a hero. He didn’t serve himself, he served those who served. But I think that you can learn a lot about someone through a study of their enemies: First, a preening octogenarian dilettante in clownface with little more than the skill to keep talking, just keep talking, when shame would’ve already killed better men. It turns out that in this nation of broken heroes you can rise quite high with so little, provided you have a sufficient amount of money to start. Then, the incarnation of daddy issues as a concept, soft at the jowls and so ashamed of where he’s from that he’s also ashamed of where he pretends to be from. … Next, a worm who never should have been born and whose every day spent breathing is an insult to the universal commonwealth of all humanity.” (01/28/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/he-served-those-who-served-portrait-of-a-man-named-pretti/