The Potty Mouth Granny

I will be 55 years old next month if the creek don’t rise, and I’ve never seen such foolishness from a standing president of the United States in my whole damn life. And people are acting like this shit is normal.

Somewhere along the way, we got desensitized. Outrage fatigue set in. Every new scandal, every untruth, every disgraceful display of ignorance just became another headline, another meme, another shrug. What used to be shocking is now expected.

And that’s the problem.

How We Got Here

America didn’t fall into this pit overnight. It’s been a slow erosion — a little piece of decency chipped away each day. It started when we began valuing entertainment over ethics, sound bites over substance, and celebrity over competence.

We stopped holding leaders accountable the moment we started treating politics like a reality show. The presidency used to be about service; now it’s about spectacle. And the people who should be outraged are either too distracted, too tired, or too brainwashed to care.

Social media didn’t help. Folks would rather argue with strangers online than demand truth from the people in power. It’s all smoke and mirrors — a circus tent where the loudest fool gets the spotlight and the wisest voice gets drowned out.

The Cost of Silence

When foolishness becomes normalized, truth becomes optional.

Integrity becomes a punchline.

And democracy? It starts to rot from the inside out.

Silence is a dangerous thing. Every time we look away, every time we excuse bad behavior because “that’s just how he is,” we’re giving permission for things to get worse. The world doesn’t end in one big explosion — it crumbles quietly, under the weight of our indifference.

We’re teaching the next generation that disrespect is strength, that ignorance is power, that cruelty is leadership. And that breaks my heart more than any political scandal ever could.

A Call to Wake Up

We can’t fix what we refuse to face. The first step is admitting that this ain’t normal and it damn sure ain’t acceptable. We have to start expecting better again — from our leaders, from our neighbors, from ourselves.

Accountability isn’t hate. Criticism isn’t betrayal. It’s love — tough love for a country that’s lost its moral compass.

We can still turn this around, but only if enough of us are willing to say, “Enough is enough.”

Because at the end of the day, foolishness only thrives when wisdom sits quiet.