The time they kidnapped the kid with Down’s syndrome
Once upon a time, in the little corner of New York that I used to call home, the neighborhood hoarder died.
She could be seen at 2 a.m., picking through the neighborhood garbage, looking for under-appreciated treasures that others had thrown away. Her entire basement, as well as two or three apartments in the several buildings that she owned, were filled with those under-appreciated treasures from the garbage. The various creatures that were drawn to the smell of rubbish lived there as well.
She left behind a $30 million estate.
You can’t make this stuff up.
She had no last will and testament. Her one son was in jail for selling crack out of one of her ritzy buildings. He basically had no rights.
Her other son had Down’s syndrome and could not legally make decisions for himself.
Within a few hours of her death, the in-laws swooped in and moved the son with Down’s syndrome out of state with them.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law, and he was worth $30 million, after all. They kidnapped a guy with Down’s syndrome to get his inheritance.
The amount of complication this brought into my relatively simple life could fill a novel, one that I hope to never write.
All this is to say, that some people do some pretty messed up things for a few bucks.
Since the Ides of March 2020, we have seen that repeated over and over again: people doing some pretty messed up stuff for a few bucks.
Upon realizing this, we can shrug our shoulders and move on with life, or we can address what is taking place.
That is what the warrior is called on to do: address what is taking place in his midst, address what does not comport with his values.
One of the most hard-to-ignore aspects of corona communism have been the mask mandates.
If you could use a few pointers on how to sound like an expert, and speak irrefutable truth, winning on the science every time — with doctor, principal, and friend alike, Face Masks Hurt Kids, describes how harmful the masks are on everyone, and especially kids. Within 20 minutes, you will get everything you need out of that book to sound as expert as you need to sound to win.
If you do not need pointers about speaking truth about masks, then a good thing to do is this: vow to never wear a mask again.
“The mandates are over,” you might say. In which case, that vow should be easy to take.
“I never wear them anyway,” which again should make the vow easy to take.
“Well,” you say, “I only wear them to go to the doctor.” Bingo!
That too has to stop.
If the bold warriors, if the brave lions, are not going to lead us out of these twisted times, then who will?
It comes down to you.
Your most potent leadership is in your actions.
The mask wearing has to stop — in every situation and all situations.
If you are not leading your community on that, there is no one leading your community on that.
We already know where that will lead.
This moment calls for you.
Allan Stevo