The Epitaph Of Nuance, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

There can be no subtlety, no grey fluctuation
No mediation, no mosaic of different manifestations
The McMedia, X marks the spot, limited characters
Are all you’ve got , simplistic rage entitlement hits the spot

Law books are endless, and in law school, only a fool
Would believe Judy’s court is real, good it makes you feel
If the onion layers you peal, the rot of mind is revealed
Satisfaction in a nanosecond, fondant saccharin killed

Our ability to see complexity, leading to declivity
Dark is stone set and it’s enemy is light
Dawn and dusk the merger, fading out of sight
We cannot see the palm and pine as both trees

Pick a side and start the fight, Ford vs Chevy
Manchester vs Arsenal, perineal is this bevy
Of lines, arbitrary, vastly unnecessary
Stir up controversy, show no mercy

The most trivial of of events are shiny objects
Thrown as bones to a fearful public fed division
To keep wallets and purses and checkbooks empty
Useful to the powerful, give them a cause because

Allah needs to kill Jesus, and Jesus, needs to kill Allah
And that pesky Jew over there is the troublemaker
And those rapists south of the border, and drag queens
They are all your enemy, cant you see, pay your cult leaders

More money, and they will keep you happy with your hate
God is always on the side of the justified, and meanwhile
You cant pay your rent, you cant buy a car, your home
Is about to be foreclosed on, and they keep selling lies.

Simplicity is the recipe for your demise
So don’t act surprised, that you cant understand
Things like selection bias and sample rate error
Or Occam’s Razor, or the fallacy of Pascal’s Wager

No, you’re stuck on ducks and camo and dynasty
And pro wrestling, and cop shows where the
Crime is solved in an hour, and standing for flags
All that short attention span, takes away your power

For reason, it’s mind treason, the opiate is pleasing
For it gives you false comfort, it’s teasing
Dragging you away from understanding
Nuance.