I have tried to describe what I call ‘my rages‘ here before: how, probably due to the brain damage which brought about my Cerebral Palsy, I seem to feel and express emotions a lot more intensely than other people. It has always affected me. I remember, when I was very small, getting extremely upset at losing family board games – far moreso than either of my brothers. These intense feelings these days mean I get extremely worked up about politics, and for a few moments I feel uncontrollably angry whenever I see something I disagree with or object to on the news, rather like as demonstrated by Beavis here.

The thing is, I’m obviously no longer alone in getting so agitated. Society in general now seems to be fast descending into the same state of white-hot anger; it seems to be even worse in the States. There, political discourse in general seems to have descended to the level of playground bickering, or reactionary, hate-filled bile. People have resorted to open violence, seemingly totally refusing to see anything from anyone else’s point of view. Frankly, we are at a very, very dangerous juncture. Obviously the situation isn’t helped by their president openly fermenting such division; nor by their press being hijacked by the worst, most sickening reactionaries of them all. Yet I fear that, if society in general does not step away from this precipice of intolerance and animosity quite soon, something terrible will follow.