She looks pale and sweet and kind and thoughtful. She speaks slowly and carefully. And millions of Americans loathe her for their own sick reasons.
I’m writing of Amber Heard, of course. The ex-wife and victim of Johnny Depp and patriarchy.
I’m reminded of poor dead Nicole Simpson, and all the people who blamed her as unfaithful, trashy, gold digging or whatever – even though it was clear to any fool, or every fool – that her ex-husband, O. J. Simpson, had cut her head off.
How can you do that to someone you once loved?
How can you make a life-ruining spectacle of someone you once loved?
And how does that make you the hero of a thousand fan clubs?
I guess there’s a clue in all the horrific things and people that Americans have voted for in the past six years.
But the ferocity of hatred directed toward Amber Heard – I have to ask “Why?”
What did she ever do to you? Were you raised by scorpions?
Please, America, get a hobby.
And while you’re at it:
Get a soul.
Well put.