Us.
Who the hell is us?
Walt Kelly, the cartoonist who gave us Pogo, had him say. "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
But it's more complicated than that, isn't it? Yes, us is our own worst enemy, but sometimes us is our hero or heroine too. Like the couple hundred or even couple thousand cops they sent out to deal with the insurrectionists yesterday (WDC, 6 Jan 2021). Us gotta admire them for going out and doing their job, even if they did it softly and gently instead of with their usual bravado and insolence.
Us for the most part isn't very brave, and us likes our comforts. Us would just as soon someone else took any risks. Us admires courage at a distance, like maybe in binocular range.
Us complains about masks, but complains more about the coronavirus. (It's just damned inconsiderate.). Us prefers our eclipses on television, and not in real time. Us ducks out of marriages when they become inconvenient.
Hm. Perhaps I exaggerate. Perhaps I'm just in a grumbly mood. Perhaps.... No, I don't think so.
This probably is a good start at coming to grips with who us is.
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