Realm of Contagious Stupidity, IV
For Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident
who wrote in Letters and Papers from Prison: “Against stupidity we are defenseless.”
ravens' kraa-kraa-kraa
as one stray outbarks the rest:
Trump TV on
FYI: Bonhoeffer's remark isn't simply saying that people are unintelligent; he distinguishes the phenomenon from an intellectual defect and describes a condition in which people surrender independent judgment and become impervious to contrary facts.
The Guardian, September 21, 2026: US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
White House promoted its own ‘Trump TV’ feed online after ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate
And it could be read as a prequel to my haibun below:
Trump Empire, Inc.: C
a senryu-inflected, visual haibun
Dayandnightmare
A red brick wall fills my field of vision; its perimeters are out of sight.
MAGAMAGA
echoingback
MAGAMAGA
Added:
half-awake
and alone again ...
no sound
in this mindstorm, yet
my thoughts darken
Added:
twilit underpass :
between spray-painted hearts
blood dripping
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