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The Magistrate

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2. His Tell Is Saying 'Nobody' Instead Of 'I', Sir
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:34 AM
Mar 2020

The tic has interesting features.

On one hand, since no one else is really real to the creature, if he is not thinking something, or aware of something, no one is, because there is no one but himself in the world.

On the other hand, it reveals the horrid hollow he is a shell of bluster enclosing, the awareness on some level he is, really, nobody. And so the word 'nobody' comes to stand for himself, replacing 'I' in the nearest the monster is capable of coming to confession of what he really is.



"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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