Why is No One Talking About This “NO Kings” Movement?

For a while now the world has felt like chaos to me. I’ll spare you a nostalgic diatribe of the simpler days when we could just lay in the yard and stare at the sky for no other reason than pure boredom. I’ve found myself longing for these days more than ever lately.  It's probably just because it's March Madness and some of my favorite memories as a kid come from watching the Uconn Huskies beat Duke in Championship games.  But, depending on what skies you’re looking at, your reality is much different than mine.This has always been true about our world: And, after getting together with some old friends to watch the games last Friday I left feeling more grateful for the simpler days than longing for them to return (They ain’t ever coming back).

I’ve also been an anxious mess the last 5 years trying to provide for my family, be a patient father, caring husband, committed employee, and a functional adult in a disfunctioning body.  So, forgive me if I cut corners sometimes.  I’ll occasionally not return my grocery cart, and I may sometimes park in a handicap spot when there is no one around.  I’m hoping people that see me doing these things just assume I’m a elderly man or a drug addict.  Either is fine with me, it's not going to ruin my day because mine was ruined when I woke up.  This past year I’ve made some changes in my life that my pre cancer self would judge to be “life ruining decisions”. It required making choices that were not easy and made people uncomfortable; myself included. 

These changes have allowed me to better match my lifestyle to my priorities. As a result, I’ve started to feel better mentally and physically.  I’ve learned that letting go of things is actually important, and sometimes ignoring things works too.  I started paying less attention to worldly affairs.  I never really paid that close attention, but I always made sure to have a general understanding of current events..  But, FUCK! It's just too much impending doom to handle.  So if it makes me a bad person to not care at all anymore than, Oh Well. I’ll leave the fate of my children in the hands of the people that do still care. Hope you guys know what you're doing…. 

I started writing this blog because I got an email from the Teachers Union I used to be a part of.  It was soliciting support for this No Kings Movement. 

It's like 5 days away and I’ve been out of the games for a while now so I haven’t really heard much about it, and like I said before: who cares? But the people that designed this logo still do care and I respect that.  I just think that we should be anti all gangs, not just the Latin Kings.