Many years ago a contestant on one of those TV talent shows attempted the National Anthem. I was at work when I heard it from the break room. I thought it was some comedian doing a terrific job at being such a terrible singer. He certainly had people in the room laughing. A little too much laughter I thought because it couldn't be that funny. But no, I saw when I walked in that he was a serious contestant doing his very best. This poor shmuck sincerely believed he was good and that's what made it so comical. I laughed too but I was also in shock. I mean, whoever convinced him he had a shot on national TV needs to go to jail, I thought.
This morning I imagined that same guy wearing a MAGA hat just outside the U.S. capitol on January 6. The kind of "patriotism" the insurrectionists displayed that day was just as hopelessly incompetent.
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