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\"\"<\/a>“Don’t be absurd<\/a>” I said, but then look what happened! That was a strange lesson in things getting a whole lot stranger than you thought possible. I’m alluding vaguely to politics and violence in the world sphere. The weather has been weird where we are – storms like tantrums that thrash and destroy and suddenly weep themselves out. I’m always looking for a sign in the world, it just seems to be that every single one says the same thing – weird days ahead.<\/p>\n

Not the new normal<\/h2>\n

This isn’t a prediction about what might be the ‘new normal’ (sorry – no answers!) or how there’s some magical reset anywhere in sight to take away the weird and give us back our global sanity. Nope. The news is that being rational and reasonable is going to take more work. Each of us will have to make a choice each day on how to deal with what happens.<\/p>\n

We won’t know what to expect. The increasing pace of\u00a0random attacks, weird anti-truth-ness and\u00a0agonising political hypocrisy are escalating. \u00a0All we really have in our control is the decision\u00a0on how we will act. How we might embody our values person by person. How can we be kind, tolerant, assertive, truthful?<\/p>\n

When did the truth become an enemy?<\/h2>\n

I work in marketing, I’m no stranger to influencing audiences and the ‘massaging’ of facts by our cousins in advertising, but the truth used to be a bedrock, not a moving target.<\/p>\n

In the past six months it has seemed as though the political mainstream in the western world has been gaslighting <\/a>us all so that we get used to anyone asking for ‘honesty’ on issues is considered weird<\/em>. That’s not helpful. That’s not working towards equality or freedom or happiness. Actually it is verging on taking absurdity and weird right on into the realm of madness.<\/p>\n

This is not a great topic. I don’t like that it is going on, but I feel powerless to address it in any way except through personal action. I feel like I am teetering on the edge of madness, and depression. It has put me off writing and blogging, it has weighed on me when I make plans for my future and it drains my sense of value.<\/p>\n

Weird inspiration<\/h2>\n

So what I’m thinking here is that the normal<\/em> stuff – all the skills and expectations I have from the past few decades – are not that useful anymore. I need to engage with the new weird world on a new level. Isn’t it obvious – I must\u00a0bring my own weird. That’s right, one sometimes must fight fire with fire. This is not the same as ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ that way is utter chaos in this instance. No. I will allow my weird free, I will bring whatever I can to our table to protect and defend the forces of good. If you want to join the rebellion in support of honesty and goodwill, please do. Tea and biscuits supplied, BYO weird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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