TheAltWorld Don’t Talk About Politics At The Dinner Table
Everything was going fine until Grandma brought out the roast Palestinian child for dinner.
“Who’s hungry?” she chirped, a small honey-glazed human corpse on a platter in her arms.
“I am!” said Grandpa.
“Oh boy!” said Tommy.
“OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK??” Susan shrieked.
“Jesus, Sue, my ears,” said Ellen.
“What’s wrong, honey?” Grandma asked, frozen in shock.
“That’s a dead kid! Why the fuck is there a dead kid on that plate??” Susan yelled.
“Hey, you can’t talk to your grandmother like that,” Grandpa warned.
“Yeah, Sue, watch your mouth,” said Stanley, covering his daughter’s ears.
“It’s — oh my God! It’s a dead kid! Why is everyone acting like this is fine?? What the fuck is happening??”
“Oh, Susan, sweetie, are you a vegetarian? I’m sorry, I didn’t know!” said Grandma.
“Did — did you kill this kid??” Susan asked, struggling to catch her breath.
“Oh Christ, no!” said Grandpa. “Is that what this is about? No, it’s some Arab kid that got killed in that Israeli war. They started selling them by the pound at Costco last month.”
“YOU MEAN THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA??” Susan bellowed, falling to her knees and sobbing.
“Oh, here we go,” Tommy sighed.
“Can we please not get all political at the dinner table?” said Stanley.
“Yeah, no politics!” said Grandpa. “We’re all here together as a family, let’s just try to have a nice time.”
“Politics??” Susan screamed. “I’m staring at a dead Palestinian kid right in front of me and it freaks me out! How the fuck is that political??”
“I mean, calling it a ‘genocide’, Sue?” said Ellen.
“Look, we can sit here arguing about the war and who started it and whether Israel has a right to defend itself and whether Jews have a right to exist in their homeland, or we can all just take a deep breath, and relax, and enjoy this delicious meal Grandma spent hours in the kitchen preparing,” said Grandpa, reaching for the carving knife.
“I swear to God if any of you so much as touches that kid I will never speak to you for the rest of my life,” said Susan.
“Oh for fuck’s sake,” said Tommy.
“Tom!” said Stanley, putting down the knife to again cover his daughter’s ears.
“God, Sue why do you always gotta be such a hysterical drama queen?” said Ellen. “We’re just trying to have a nice meal together and you gotta come in playing Woke Police on everyone.”
“It’s a victim of genocide! You want to eat a human child who was killed in a genocide!” screamed Susan.
“You say it’s a genocide victim, I say it’s dinner,” said Tommy. “But nobody can be right except you, right Sue? Only Saint Susan gets to decide which opinions are valid.”
“I think we just need to have respect for one another’s different political opinions, Susan” said Grandma. “We’re not all going to agree on everything, and we need to be able to set that aside and get along together. This is a complicated issue. Who’s to say who’s right?”
“But this isn’t political!” wailed Susan. “How can you guys not see that?? There’s a DEAD KID on the dinner table! A dead kid!”
“I think they’re right, Aunt Susan,” said Morgan, taking off her headphones. “I didn’t want to say anything but a lot of the stuff you’ve been saying online about the war is really problematic and antisemitic, and actually kind of borderline fascist-adjacent. The kinds of things you’ve been saying about President Biden and Vice President Harris are going to land Trump back in the White House.”
“Alright, alright, what did we just say about politics at the dinner table?” said Grandpa. “This is what it leads to. A bunch of hurtful words and hurt feelings.”
“Fuck. Your. Feelings,” said Susan.
“Okay, well, dinner’s ruined,” said Stanley. “Morgan, Louise, come on, we’re getting McDonald’s. Thanks a lot, Sue.”
“Yeah, Sue,” said Tommy. “Selfish bitch.”
Everyone left, leaving Grandpa and Grandma alone with Susan — who was still crying on the floor.
“Susan,” said Grandpa. “Someday you’re going to have to learn that other people have feelings just like you, and that we all deserve to be treated as human beings, just like you do.”
“Really, sweetie, you’ve just got to learn to have a little compassion,” said Grandma, picking up the platter with the Palestinian child on it and carrying it into the kitchen.
“I guess we can use all these leftovers for sandwiches later,” she mumbled, shaking her head sadly.
Listen to a reading by Tim Foley:
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/dont-talk-about-politics-at-the-dinner
Peter
I can see your message and frustration in your story (and you can try to shock people but “spiritual death people” cannot be shocked and do not care about truth) and I can relate to it, have seen the same thing among people.
Perhaps the title could also have been, don’t talk about real evil at the dinner table (because no one cares and calling evil good and good evil and accusing those who oppose evil as if those are the real enemies of good/ truth). As long as THEY have a good time, they do not care about the suffering of their fellow human being, injustice, greed, lying, war by the wicked ones….as long as it does not hit them in their own life that is because then it is evil ofcourse if it hits them not if evil / evil human beings hit their fellow human being in another street/ town/ state or country.
Me, myself and I that’s what’s life about for them. My funtime who cares that the world is on fire as long as my life is not on fire and I can do as I want and pleases. No compassion, no love for truth and righteousness just EGO YOLO lifestyle, COLD of heart people. Talking about real evil and lies/ deception, unrighteousness, the terror people do to their other human fellows it’s ruining their YOLO pleasure experience…..can’t have that of course so shut up and do not tell me I do evil myself and am part of it because I also sin…. Is that the story in a nutshell with the article because that’s how I read it and can relate to it.
There is a book Which write all about that lying attitude and evil human heart that pretends and lies to itself that it’s good, nice and heaven worthy/ morally right all the time ofcourse …and knows everything better then God Almighty, because they can teach Him some lessons about good and evil according to person X vision “wisdom”…. calling evil good and good evil…..But few people in the West REALLY wanna know what Gods Word REALLY tells and start their own false “christian” religion according to their own evil mind… taking some things from the Bible and leave out everything they “in their wisdom” do not like and replace it with “their” evil doctrines/ teachings… tada false Christianity but we pretend on Sunday that we worship the real God, which they do not ! Is not my opinion, the Bible says so that this is what happens all the time….you know evil intention of the wicked human heart, pretending to be light but in reality they love darkness.
In god we trust they say or that country says…. AND WHICH GOD IS THAT ? Because the Bible says there are two types of “gods” .. the real One ruling heaven and earth and a pretender/ false god with his 1001 false religions/ believe systems/ cults etc. the god of this world/ the devil the source / father of LIES and a MURDERER …. so if people says “they believe in god” do not be deceived that they refer to a good god, most of them refer to the devil as their god because they love the sin he offers and calling that good/ right/ truth….calling the devil not the evil one but the good one in their heart because they love his character and do like him/ his character in the world in one form or another.
Love the lie/ the devil or love God Most High/ the truth…… you cannot have it both ways and people will show in their own life who they really love……and will be judge for it even though people think they will not be judged for their sins by God Most High, they will and people deep inside KNOW they will pay the ultimate price for loving the devil. Destruction of body and their soul , first and second death which God Most High promises to them who refuse to repent of theirs sin and do not want to be saved from their alliance with evil/ the devil because they love sin and it is their pleasure.
You see, this message should be even more shocking than your article but I bet you that even the truth from the Bible will not shock most people to repent of their sin…. because they believe the lie, they love lies and the devil tells them they will not be judged and their soul not destroyed by God Most High…..and that’s what sinners love to hear, sin and no one will judge you for it or punish your sinful life…..but their is just one problem, it ain’t the truth !!!