Prey... or Pray!

There are predators. They walk among us and go unnoticed most of the time because they look just like you or me. They may or may not speak the same and dress the same as you do but pretty close. They probably eat the same food from the same stores and restaurant's. By all outward appearances, they are the same, except...

Except there is no place for empathy, sympathy, or compassion within them. Oh, they know what those things are. They recognize them better than almost anyone. Those are weaknesses to them. They see them as "tells" or signature signs of vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Like a wolf locks onto the slightest limp of a single spring calf out of a whole herd.

You may think I'm talking about monstrous robbers, rapists, or murderers... and I am. Maybe not the kind you're used to seeing on TV or in the movies that eventually take the perp-walk in belly chains and handcuffs, just before the last commercial break. Yes, they are predators too, just not the most dangerous predators.

The most dangerous predators prey on society as a whole, not just one at a time. They rob, rape, and murder the whole of society. They count on civilized tolerance and accommodation for diversity. They learn what you hold sacred, in order to manipulate you and the others that share your beliefs. They know that you value inclusivity and they know that is a tendency that compels each member of the group to make excuses before asking questions. Within that span of time is when they strike. Questions are not polite. Questions by two or more people, are conspiratorial. Conspiracies are bad. You don't want to be bad, do you?

Questions indicate perception. Perception is the product of thinking and theorizing. Theories happen when you try to explain why everything you know doesn't answer all your unanswered questions. Theories are supposed to make you ask questions until you have answers. If your gut is telling you that what you are being told, is crap... It's probably crap.

The most dangerous predators are quick to deflect questions. They expect to be questioned much sooner than they usually are. The scoffing smirk accompanied by a lighthearted inference about conspiracy theories is usually enough to deflect and delay. After all, who wants to be associated with such fringe loons, like the ones that think the moon landing and international space station are staged on a movie set somewhere in California?

Question everything and everyone that conflicts with your principles, especially the government. The professional politicians in the government really don't care about your happiness. They care about their own happiness and the happiness of deep-pocket supporters of... you guessed it, themselves. When they smile a well-practiced smile and tell you they are different, and only want you to be happy, doesn't your spidey-senses go off out loud? Even a little bit?

I don't have to name names here. You can plug in almost any name of almost any professional politician, lawyer, salesman, or actor. They are all paid to lie to you. Some of them are better at lies than others. The better they are at lies, the better they are a predation. We now have new and better tellers of lies telling old lies better to a whole new tide of first-time believers (prey).

The phrase "there's a sucker born every day" is the watchword of the day, every day for them and they are always on guard against being found out. Some of us recognize them for what they are and actually thought they were way too easy to see through, before discovering at our total disbelief and sheer terror, that half of the voters and all of the world's media believe nearly everything they say. I remember when it dawned on some of the newest predators and they actually realized that they were pulling it off. You could almost see the light bulb light up over their heads.

You don't have to subscribe to my personal brand of conspiracy theories but, at least decide to not be easy prey. Pray for ethical clarity. Pray for specific answers. Pray for simple and principled truth.