TILTING AT HOTELS

"The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything eles"- Miguel, de Cervantes Saavedra

So, whats new? actually I dislike sentences that start with "so", hence why I just did that. Having said that, I also dislike the word "hence" at the start of a sentence. Yes, It's pedantic, but being a pedant is the least if it when one pauses to consider the avalanche of inaccurate, agenda driven, troublesome and down right idiotic content we are subjected to on a regualr basis (yes, you guessed it, I dont like the term "content, but I used that joke twice earlier).

It was Dan Ahshcroft of Sugar Ape infamy that coined the term "rise of the idiots" two decades ago when he was refering to the narcisitically  ironic Hipster Hoxton scene that has become mainstream since then. Now we have the new order, the idiots have beome the illiterati©

Don't worry though, it's not an exclusive club, they'll allow anybody to join, particualrly those that lack a grasp of fact, context and, let's be honest, common sense. If it's in writing or spoken on social media then it must be true; this could be the club motto, not sure what that is in latin though.

Everyone seems to be at it, we truly are living in the age of misinformation and as is well known, knowledge is power, except, is that actually the case anymore?

The richest man in the world comes out with some baffling observations that seem to be based on an opium induced long dream laden sleep. The so called leader of the free world's utterings are increasingly no more than gibberish, which his devoted followers lap up as the astute observations of a genius. But it's not only on the other side of the atlantic where ignorance equates with bliss. We've got our own band of boneheads. Flags, Small boats and shaven heads are their passions as is shouting at hotels. If Cervantes wore a stone island jumper, Reebok Classics and quaffed Stella Artois then Don Quixote would have tilted at hotels on the coast. instead of windmills.

There is a growing list of people that appear to be clones created from Nigel Farrage's DNA merged with a test tube of righteous indignation; Yaxley-Lennon, Middleton, Hopkins, Fox, Connolly et al. are increasingly being heard, and more alarmingly, taken seriously.

The growth in mysogny and racism, and many other 'isms' is fed by algorithms, self interest and a delusion that everyone else is to blame for one's own troubles.

Let not this missive, gentle reader, leave you thinking that all is lost, because it isn't.

When asked if I hold any beliefs I often say that I am a Humanist because, broadly speaking, I believe that while humans have the tendency for truly shocking things, we also have the capacity for great things, meaningful and wonderful things. All of us. So hold on to that thought when you scroll, read a paper, hear the news and open your eyes each morning.

(yes, I started that final sentence with "so". Nobody's perfect you know)