To My Friends from High School in the Boonies Who Post on Facebook Their Support for Trump:

I thought you were cool, dudes! What happened to you?

Man, we used to party together and be kind of like hippies. We were for peace and love and sex and drugs.

You sold me pot, Pete! Now you “explain” to your friends how you are a Republican because…bla bla bla.

We took acid together Paul! Now you drink the Fox Koolaid and spout conspiracy theories about the pandemic and deep state and bla bla bla.

You were so hot, Suzy. I remember you on the school bus. You had a beautiful face and a beautiful body. Now you have a beautiful picture of the American Flag and something about making it great again. Damn, Suzy.

What happened to you guys?

I mean, I get it. You all grew up in a rural area and even back in the 70s there was a current running through the town of resentment and a kind of pent up aggression.

I specifically remember “Nuke Iran” being a thing that was said.

But it was kind of just another version of “Disco sucks.” We didn’t really mean we should nuke Iran.

Did we?

Maybe we did. So I get it. We were anti-establishment then, and you probably framed your 2016 vote that way to yourself — that you were bucking the establishment by electing this outsider.

Fine, I forgive you.

But I don’t forgive your continued support for the clown in chief. He’s killed a couple hundred thousand of us already and is probably scheming up some way to kill a few hundred thousand more in some October surprise, wag the dog type hail mary pass to snatch victory out of this obvious defeat.

The man has blown it. He has failed to lead, and anybody who fails to see that is just not cool, sorry.

Danny, you and I went to the Pink Floyd concert together — remember, The Wall?

We were so young and so cool.

And that show was cool.

Now there’s a wall between us. How could you regurgitate that Fox News crap on your Facebook?

What am I supposed to do, block all of you guys?

You’re all I got left from that time in my life.

I can’t block you guys.

I can try to talk some sense into you, though. Turn off the Fox News. Start thinking critically about some of these ideas you are spouting. Ask yourself if you really want to support this buffoon.

Please.

I’m begging you.

For old times sake.

Change your mind. I know it’s impossible, but that’s what I’m asking. Let’s all join together and present a united front here. We don’t want four more years of Donald, guys.

Do we?

I mean, do we really?