Would you punch Valentine's Day in the heart?

Valentine's is almost here and it's official: I'm dating the Zeitgeist. This is a surprise. We'd been casual and "it's complicated" since Trump won the White House. Our typical conversation had been along these lines:

Me: "Black lives matter, right, honey?"

Zeitgeist: "Not all cops are bad. They don't all shoot unarmed people."

Me: "I know but... well, I am glad we're not in Hillary's nuclear war with Russia."

Z: "'Black Lives Matter' movement is bankrolled behind the scenes by George Soros. You know that, right?"

Me: "Darling, I love you but do you have to always mention Soros?"

Z: "Destabilizing society with identity politics distracts the public from noticing crimes that go right to the top."

Me: Sweetie, you get so uptight about stuff. Hey, let's go for a walk! There's a nice march downtown. Here, just put on this pink pussy hat I knitted for you--"

Zeitgeist and I took a break for about a week. I thought it was over. Then out of the blue he calls and asks if I'd punch a Nazi.

I scoffed, "No, of course not. Nazis have guns," but then he chuckled and directed me to a video online of Milo Yiannopoulos. What can I say? I'd missed the Zeitgeist, our off-the-cuff joking and the intensity of our interactions. I'd like to say I'd never punch anyone... but a floppy gay British toff who's afraid of feminists does make an easy target. "Well, I guess, if he disses me for having an abortion, I might show him my fist."

Zeitgeist: "What about his First Amendment rights?"

I said I'd get right back to him. Confused, I called a girlfriend. "Should I see Zeitgeist again?"

Friend: He's a Nazi! Punch him!

I thanked her for her free speech and hung up. She hadn't taken into account that Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I know it's corny but I just love to celebrate love.

I moonlighted for a florist one year and delivered bouquets in office buildings; it made an impression when I saw the faces of all the people at their desks who didn't get flowers. Since then, I love to greet anyone with "Happy Valentine's Day" as if it were our secret rendezvous and surprise party! Our hello can be an invisible magic flower of camaraderie. We might share a private eye roll, meaning, "Valentine's, ha! Romance ain't what it's cracked up to be. Ha ha!" In that moment we've created a sparkle of affection.

So I balk at everyone suddenly throwing punches at this time of year. Maybe they spend more time playing video games than I, so they imagine their punches are like killing Hitler as a baby and thereby saving millions of Jews, Roma, disabled people, gay guys and resisters.

Zeitgeist needs me!

"Resisters" in the current political climate is ironic. Resisting Trump is something the Democrats could have done better before they cheated Bernie Sanders and sabotaged democracy with DNC election fraud. "The (quote) Resistance" is spearheaded by shills who exemplify the entrenched corruption of the establishment. They're as counter-culture as the Starbucks whose windows their dupes and paid goons may smash.

Milo Yiannopoulos is a goon of another sort, a gay man using his skills as a stand-up comedian to trigger identity-politics clashes. But why isn't it politically correct to protest - as he does - Muslim countries that punish homosexuality with death? Maybe it's just the Valentine's mood I'm in; I'd abort his baby but Milo's judgment that Islam oppresses women seems spot-on.

Sexist clothes are a cultural imposition... but cute

So anyway... long story short... Zeitgeist and I are back together.

💖 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! 💑

~~~ with best wishes from VC Bestor,

Director of the non-profit FangedWilds.org

"Find the meat of the matter"

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