Inauguration Day is one of my favorite days on the United States calendar. It is a day that many around the world have never had an opportunity to experience. It is a day that is unique to modern democracies where governments transition from one leader to the next without a gun drawn or shots fired. In most democracies, the new leader received the support of a majority of voters although this is not always true in the United States due election laws that have unfortunately not kept up with the expansion of the country and migration patterns of citizens.

This year is strikingly different than all of the Inauguration Days than I can remember since becoming politically aware as a teen. I will not be watching the events, I will not be listening to the speeches, and I certainly will not be celebrating. I have no desire to listen to a mad man’s distorted and perverted views of a world that only exists in his mind and the minds of the monsters that have his ears. I have no desire to hear about American Carnage 2.0 or the Us versus Them themes that he sprinkles throughout his Mussolini-style bombast.

I remain committed to helping those that need help, caring for those that need care, and supporting people that need support. Being humane. When the reality of what they have done strikes the voters in the Fool-Me-Once and Fool-Me-Twice categories, I hope they refocus their energies on doing what is right for their fellow humans and find strength to ignore those that want to tear us apart.