Therapy Sessions

They need their therapists:

Salon’s Chauncey DeVega lamented: “The shadow of Jan. 20, and the cruel coincidence that it fell this year on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s remembrance day, hung over us all. King was among American history's great defenders of democracy and human rights; Trump is a committed enemy of those values.” This only makes sense when you remember that for the left, “democracy and human rights” means the left winning every election and restricting the speech of those whom it fears and hates. Trump is for a free society with a robust opposition and no restrictions on speech, and so for leftists, “democracy” is under threat. And so, DeVega tells us, “millions of Americans who voted for Kamala Harris, and who believe in American democracy and the common good, remain collectively stuck in the various stages of grief.” Like all totalitarians, they expect us all to march in lockstep; they’re even sadder because of the fact that some Americans aren’t sad at all: “That grief is made even more painful by the fact that tens of millions of other Americans are jubilant at Trump’s return to the White House and his vows of revenge against ‘the enemy within’ as part making America ‘great again.’” That’s right, Chauncey: he is promising to take action against the people on your side who really did act against our free republic by moving to criminalize legitimate opposition. If you’re weeping for the likes of Adam Schiff and Merrick Garland, you’re no friend of freedom. DeVega, however, vows that the work to subvert Trump and America-First policies will go on, no matter how hard it is: “It is grinding and emotionally difficult work that often feels futile and can lead to PTSD, substance abuse and mental health issues.” Awww, poor thing. Apparently a typical leftist narcissist, DeVega claims that everyone shares his bad mood: “Considered in the aggregate, America's public mood is negative, anxious, and discontented.” Even worse, the evil Orange Man Bad has done nothing less than rob life of its very meaning: “this crisis of democracy is also a crisis of the collective ‘life force,’ meaning the sense of purpose and the drive to lead a meaningful life.” Without a trace of irony, DeVega writes about “widespread fear among ordinary people who are trying to survive financial precarity and avoid total household collapse and homelessness,” not seeming to realize that that’s why Trump won. And so leftists, driven round the bend by Trump, are consulting the priests of their secular religion, only to find them just as depressed: “Many reports suggest an increase in people seeking therapy and counseling. Mental health professionals are also seeking help for their own heightened anxiety and emotional challenges in the aftermath of the presidential election and the heightened demand for their services. Crisis lines have seen an increase in callers.” Growing up might be a good solution, but these poor people can’t do that without rejecting all the lies they’ve told themselves.

The truth is hard...