Pack It In, Psychotherapists
The demise
of the concept and discipline of psychotherapy is at hand. Why do I make such an outrageous
statement?
Actually, I
question that my statement is no more outrageous than saying that Mexico is
sending their worst citizens to our country. More outrageous than questioning a Vietnam veteran’s credibility as a
war hero, given that he was captured and tortured by the enemy? More outrageous than the boorish behavior
exhibited at a political debate and afterwards casting sour grapes at one of
the questioners because the questions were too tough?
See how my
outrageous statement can get lost in this shuffle!
We all know
who the source of these events is. I
won’t name him here; lord knows he gets enough publicity on his own. However, to avoid confusion, we will name him
He Who Wears A Badger Toupee. We’ll call
him Badger Toupee for short.
Ever since
the race for the White House 2016 began (I believe it was January 20th,
2013), there has been a lot of opportunity for responsible political discourse
to resolve society’s problems. Instead, we have been treated to
a lot of hot air that is, to put it frankly, stupid.
All of the
17,000 Republican candidates vying for the presidency can share in the blame
for this phenomenon of political meteorology, but Badger Toupee has been
consistently ahead of the pack. Unlike
the other political candidates, he has zero political cred, but his supporters
are saying that this is his strength. He
is the outsider who is shaking up the established status quo of stagnant
governance.
I’m all for
sending a message to DC that the obstructionist style of governing needs to
change, but Badger Toupee is and cannot be the American voters’ final
salvation. He topped the polls when he
derided Mexicans as thieves and rapists. He didn’t suffer any sag in his popularity when he said Senator John
McCain is not a hero. Then, since the
first debate last week when he blew back at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly when he
suggested that she possibly succumbed to a female hormonal weakness when she
questioned his sexist past, a new crop of polls came out.
Any sane
person would have thought that this, finally, would affect Badger Toupee’s poll numbers. The controversy from the past weekend would
surely produce a backlash that would end his political ambitions once and for
all, and exile him back to the canyons of Manhattan. Surely this would happen, right?
Nope, Badger
Toupee is still topping the polls for favorite Republican candidate. PEOPLE,
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???!!!!
The
conclusion is obvious: there is no
longer a sane person living on this planet, ergo my pronouncement about the
future of psychotherapy at the top of the page.
Dear
Psychotherapists, you have provided a wonderful service in the name of humanity
for many years. You have helped many
people overcome their fears, their phobias, their anxieties, and many of us owe you a debt which can never be
repaid. But, let’s face it, it’s
over. Badger Toupee's continued
popularity despite chronic stupidity is undoubtedly a sign of the coming
cultural psychological apocalypse.
So where do
you go from here? Many of you have
earned a comfortable retirement, lounging by a pool somewhere, traveling at
your leisure, and doing anything you want to enjoy life in this insane
world. Or, if you still feel a need to
do something, then perhaps you can take the easier alternative. Instead of trying to cure psychoses, perhaps
you should go the other way. You should
consider convincing the sane (there can’t be that many left in the world) and
those of us who are otherwise undiagnosed to become psychotic.
Obviously
the American electorate, or at least those answering these polls, has gone
stark raving mad. Come Election Day 2016,
who will notice the difference.
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And, oh yes,
free guns for everyone! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
(Thank you
for reading. Or, if you insist on
continuing to treat the insane American voter, then God bless you.)