“From my point of view, humor and irony include tragedy. They’re two sides of the same coin.” Maurizio Cattelan, Artist
January 4, 2023, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons
(Check out Lest We Forget and FYI.)
Rebellion is natural when you’re young. But all that changes when you have to pay a mortgage.
It’s called growing up.
That never happened for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
For all intents and purposes, Meghan and Harry both still live in their “parents’ basements.”
In their recent NetFlix documentary, the couple wanted to tell their side of the Battle Royal story, and as it turns out, they have been targeted unfairly.
When they challenged “that which dare not be challenged,” The British Monarchy, Meghan became the subject of an orchestrated attack.
As she phrased it, suddenly she couldn’t do anything right.
The British media was brutal.
The paparazzi pursued the couple, watching from boats outside their home in Vancouver, peering into their windows. And when fences were erected, using drones.
The problem is, for all they have been through, Meghan and Harry didn’t become more compassionate, except to themselves.
Whatever else they claim to have learned, the irony is that Meghan and Harry don’t know they still live in a Hollywood-Royal bubble.
For Meghan, designer dresses come from somewhere, usually for free.
And Harry most likely couldn’t say how much it costs to feed a horse, even today, because in England, a groom would simply show up with one before a polo match.
It doesn’t make them bad people, just insular. And childlike.
M and H (as they call each other, a little sickeningly, in the documentary), wanted to change the monarchy into what they wanted. And when that didn’t happen, they ran away from home, with no plan.
They thought it was their right for Tyler Perry to give them a place to live.
They thought security should be provided. From someone.
But mostly, they wanted to have their title, and the right to sell it, too.
The problem is, they chose to lecture the rest of us.
Harry on the “awakening” he had to systemic racism.
“The world that we know has been created by White people for White people,” Harry said in a 2020 CNN interview.
Interesting. But doesn’t “bi-racial” mean a person is both black and white?
Why don’t they talk about that? Why doesn’t Barack Obama?
It’s confusing.
As soulmates, these two both dislike their countries, especially the U.S.
That is despite the fact that the U.S. gave them a place to live when Canada got sick of them.
And even though the U.S. allows them the use of the U.S. Constitution to express their disdain…for the U.S.
If the Sussexes weren’t so busy being victims, they would have to admit that Donald Trump has been attacked the same way they have been, but far worse, and feel an affinity with him.
If they had done their homework, they would admit that Barack Obama, while president, did nothing for the “black and brown people,” but President Trump did.
They could have included that in a lecture.
And if they were fair and balanced, the way they want to be treated, they would admire Trump for making his money the old-fashioned way, while Obama somehow just “became rich.”
If they were fair, they would question how Obama did that.
But the Sussexes want to kick everyone else's rears, while protesting when theirs gets kicked. By The Firm.
They won't give up the high life, and have positioned themselves as victims of “unconscious bias” and racism, which is easier.
They are choosing to follow in the footsteps of their heroes, Michelle and Barack Obama, who chose to use bias and racism, while living the high life, as a way of thinking.
At this point, all four of them need to grow up.
Hold the line, America.
Pray for America.
Stay strong, Patriots.