THE PROVERBIAL LEDGE
Undated, 2023
Seems my days as a member of polite society are indeed at an end. And some might be glad for my newfound, long suppressed candor. But I suspect most won’t really care. They’ll keep living their lives as they always have.
And at the very real risk of offending the many many who won’t read my words (here I go), I take the leap off the proverbial ledge.
You know the one. The border that keeps us all within the bounds of polite society. But at the cost, I believe, of some of our most honest thoughts.
Sadly, the lack of civilized discourse has turned our honesty into dark, bitter things. Things we’ve become too afraid to express. Things we’ve come to see as the more perverse parts of our psyche.
But as the good Mr. King once said,
“in public society, truth comes at a cost.”
You must be willing to ostracize yourself from that portion of society who would, undoubtedly, disagree with your truths.
