The One Meme of Mine I Always Felt Should Go Viral

Maybe it was too soon. It’s not anymore.

I actually came up with this back in 2016, and at the time, even I felt it was a bit hyperbolic. After 2020, it remained in a folder of favorite memes, as I really couldn’t conceive that America could bring Trump back. (I’m still in shock, like so many of us.) I may have posted it once before the election, but it didn’t seem neccessary, really. I was one of those evidently deluded people who thought Harris was so glaringly superior we were looking at a resounding victory and blue wave.

And now, it just doesn’t seem too hyperbolic at all. This could well be where we’re headed. And when I showed it to my French cousin, she was impressed enough to urge me to try one more time to “get it to some newspapers.” (She does absolutely no social media.) I said when it comes to memes, the goal is going viral, and without old Twitter, that’s a bit harder. But I’m going to try to do that, (asking everyone to share or restack this), because I think this is the right moment for it. We should be this alarmed. Auschwitz is not unimaginable, it has happened. It could happen here.

The present moment is like watching a child about to be mowed down by a drunk driver. Most bystanders, including me, would be frozen in horror. A small minority would instantly react by running out to snatch the child and bring her to safety. Probably the same kind of person who would brave enough to have hidden a Jew during the holocaust.

We must all now consciously choose to be that person. (This urging is equally directed at myself. I am still falling far short.)

MCO 2025