Monday, October 7, 2019

Beware "The Voice"

    Back in our Main Street apartment, we had unavoidable contact with a woman, subsequently identified at that time as "mentally ill."  She was well-off, well groomed and apparently well, but she spoke in different voices. Sometimes her tone would be ultra gentle and sometimes far to the opposite extreme.
     She, and those around her, had problems which, suffice it to say, did not end well.
     I am now brought back to that dark time when I hear the leader of our country speak in different tones. Especially concerning is the soft, unctuous inflection which he apparently uses in trying to solicit understanding. It is unnatural , and even more threatening than his  shouting in anger.

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