The illness that The Gadfly has been diagnosed with is a disorder called "Capgras." What the fuck is "Capgras" disorder" you ask?
Well -- allow Wikipedia to expound:
Capgras delusion is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member (or pet) has been replaced by an identical impostor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion
The Gadfly first started noticing these disturbing symptoms some time around -- oh maybe November 8th of last year -- and the symptoms have steadily been increasing in frequency and intensity to this very day. But it was only yesterday that The Gadfly, after doing a little bit of online research, was able to self-diagnose his affliction with near unquestionable certainty, and it became clear that this horrible malady was what was causing these mind-numbing feelings that something was very, very, very wrong with a lot of the people in the world around him.
And what exactly pray tell was the event which triggered The Gadfly's self-diagnostic epiphany?
The Gadfly watched this video of a focus group interview on CNN with a group of self-described Trump supporters.
Observe the dead-eye, dead-soul ramblings of people who have cashed in what remains of their minds, their life essence, their dignity, and their membership in the human race, all for the opportunity to claim membership as loyal anointed foot soldiers in the army of their chosen cult -- C.O.D. (Cult Of Drumpf):
Next up was a Trumper who claimed the entire Charlottesville protests and violence was a set-up by somebody "to make Trump look bad."
L.A. Key said, "I think a great portion of it is a conspiracy. I think it was a setup."
"From whom?"
Key said, "I think people who want to derail our president. There were buses coming in with lots of young people -- protesters coming off the same bus with some wearing Black Lives Matter and some wearing KKK shirts. They were brought in to cause a controversy."
Camerota, "Where are you getting your evidence?"
Key, "A lot of it on Facebook."
"You saw something on Facebook."
Another Trump agreed and said, "Yes." He discussed an Antifa ad on Craigslist.
Camerota, " And you trust Facebook more than news organizations?
"Oh, yes, live video from people who shot it, that were present, yes."
Camerota, "You trust your Facebook feed even though you don't know the origin --"
"They are our friends."
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/08/wacky-cnn-trump-supporter-panel-spreads
Please go watch the video at the link if you want to truly understand exactly what message The Gadfly is trying to convey to you all here.
Now, The Gadfly is going to methodically deconstruct this circus side-show for you in a moment dear readers. But first back to The Gadfly's medical disorder . . .
Remember the famous 1950's sci-fi/horror movie "Invasion of The Body Snatchers?" Remember when the lead character, Dr. Miles Bennell, played by actor Kevin McCarthy finally realizes that his friends his co-workers and even his wife have all had their souls and their identities and their human traits erased, only to be replaced by someone or something that was a physical duplicate of their loved one, but completely inanimate and lifeless on an innate human level? Remember the horror of watching McCarthy's on-screen realization that aliens were taking over his species?
That was just a Hollywood movie of course - one about an extraterrestrial invasion in a sleepy little California town which has alien plant spores from outer space coming to earth, growing in to large seed pods and then consuming and reproducing duplicate replacement copies of each human they come in contact with. Except the duplicate "humans," even though the seed pods have copied the real human's physical traits and memories, are completely devoid of any human emotions or feelings.
Those insentient beings produced from the alien seed pods? --- they're here, on earth, today, in the good 'ol U. S. of A., and they are in great numbers among us. That video at the link above is evidence enough of it. And therein lies The Gadfly's own Capgras diagnosis. The Gadfly is undoubting in his belief that there are a few people in his personal sphere of acquaintances who have had their souls commandeered by alien seed pods by virtue of their undying, mindless support and defense of the short-fingered, demented vulgarian mobster squatting in the White House.
The Gadfly used to think it was kind of amusing when one of the cable tv or network news shows would put together one of these "focus" group interviews with Trump supporters. It was amusing for about 5 minutes - but now it's just fucking terrifying. It's terrifying to know that people with such delusional and psychotic minds are actually out there in such formidable numbers -- and not only that -- they are voting and they are procreating.
Anyhow -- let's get on with the deconstruction of the pod people's statements in that video. It's quite simple actually:
These people are of the irrefutable conviction that the violent events in Charlottesville Virginia were a conspiracy and a frame-up job orchestrated by liberals to make Donald Trump "look bad" and -- and -- distorted and lied about by "fake news," and -- they are absolutely convinced that this is so because they saw some Youtube videos and their "friends" told them about it on Facebook and Craigslist.
That's right --- they get all of their knowledge, their news and their information about seminal, possibly even historic events occurring in our nation and our society (and one would assume the world as well) from their Facebook timeline, Craigslist postings and Youtube videos.
And about all that The Gadfly can say to that is . . . . .
God, if you really do exist, now is the time to get off your almight duff to help us all escape this Kafkaesque insanity.
----TFG
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