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How Do You Suffer Fools?
I, for one, don’t suffer fools easily.
Presently, the United States is a nation of surreal paradox.
On the one hand, you have some of the finest tech and scientific minds you can imagine. On the other hand, you have people who think the Earth is flat and vaccines cause autism or implant microchips. Some schools teach robotics and advanced math while others teach creationism and refuse to acknowledge ongoing racism in the country.
It is very hard not to see people lacking reason, logic, and understanding — and not be frustrated by them. Spend 5 minutes scrolling through Facebook or Twitter and they’ll be on display.
I am fortunate. My family is liberal and believes in science, medicine, reason, kindness, compassion, and logic. Some of my friends are less fortunate. They contend with alt-right conservatives, religious zealots, anti-vaxxers, and liberal haters among their loved ones.
It’s hard enough to suffer fools you don’t know and never will. I can’t imagine how hard it must be when they’re relatives.
What’s more, in many cases there is not a damned thing you can do about them. During the 2016 election, I had a discussion with a coworker utterly convinced about the efficacy of Trump’s border wall. He spouted all the platitudes — it’ll stop the illegals coming across, stop…
