One of the people I follow religiously on Twitter is Caryma Sa'd. A Toronto lawyer and satirist, her online presence is largely devoted to video she shoots of the unhinged amongst us, i.e., those Canadians obviously infected by the American disease whose symptoms include uncritical acceptance of conspiracy theories popularized by groups like QAnon.
Sa'd's brilliance lies in the fact that for the most part, she merely documents their madness, letting their words and actions indict them. Because they appear so clearly foolish and deluded, it is fair to say they strongly dislike, even hate, her. Such people rarely enjoy having a mirror held up to their delusional behaviour.
The following CBC report makes use of some footage Sa'd recently shot in Peterborough, where a group went to make citizen arrests of its police force. It did not go well:
I love the British term "gormless". It's applied to people who are uninformed and moreover, oblivious to that fact. People without a single solitary clue.
ReplyDeleteArresting the police -- gormless. Leading a trucking convoy of the clueless to Ottawa and telling the elected MPs to step aside and let greaseballs and the GG run the country -- gormless.
Thinking Poilievre and Trump are great -- the gormless.
BM
An excellent word, BM, one I almost never use, but most apt in describing those people.
DeleteFurther confirmation that the American Disease had migrated north, Lorne.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly a virulent illness, Owen.
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