It’s difficult to read stuff like this and not conclude that a lot of lefties have lost their damned minds:

Trump’s election stole my desire to look for a partner

Poe’s Law comes into force here as well. It *could* be that the author is a right-winger cranking out fictional BS, simulating the stereotypical loonie leftie. And it could be that this is just an annoyed leftie, pretending to more crazy than she actually feels.

However it works out, it does point out a bug in the human operating system that I think is one of the more dangerous flaws we have: the desire to be seen as a victim.

We see it in several religions: the idea of the “martyr” as the ultimate in virtue. People getting upset about a mythical “war on Christmas” because some bored barista said “happy holidays” rather than “merry Christmas.” Or believing that there’s a “war on Christians” because they are not granted a special position in government-funded organizations like public schools or city council meetings. Or in one particular Religion Of Peace that thinks that it is in a House of War, that the whole world wants to destroy them because they have a monopoly on The Truth.

And of course we see it in the political realm, where a whole lot of people seem to think that armies of Evil Right Wingers are going to come and lock up Teh Gheys or force women into staying home barefoot and pregnant, or that there is a genocidal war by cops against black men. We see it in the faked “hate crimes,” where a people vandalize their own stuff in order to get… what? Sympathy? Funding in a GoFundMe account? Five minutes of fame, even if much of it is ridicule? And even the ridicule plays into the sense of persecution… which is what far too many people seem to thrive on. “I’m persecuted, therefore I’m Special and Important and my opinions carry special importance, and my failures aren’t really *my* failures, but signs of just how important I am that The Man has to put me down.”

Bah.

All I can say about the author of the piece above is that she seems… a little excitable. She mentions that she was dating someone when the election happened and that she halted the process when her candidate didn’t win.I imagine the feller was a little confuzzled about what just happened. But with any luck, that guy will read this essay and realize “Wow, did I ever dodge a bullet here.” And then he will give a little smile of relief like Billy/William/Man In Black/Gunman/Best Damn Character On TV here did in the season finale of “Westworld.”

Sadly, while Westworld has been picked up for a second season, it apparently won’t air until 2018. Feh. This is an outrage!