I’ll Talk Politics and Gun Control Until You Pry This Keyboard From My Cold Dead Hands.

I’m a writer. I’m a liberal. I take those responsibilities seriously.

I will warn you upfront. This will be my most self-indulgent (and over-the-top) post of the week.

Awhile back, I received some attention for this article:

I’m an Artist. Your Offense Is Not My Problem

It pretty much said it all at the time. Written in response to several friends and family members who worried about my chronic anti-Trump railings on Facebook, I found myself once more having to explain the responsibility of a writer.

As I fancy myself a political commentator alongside my science fiction and horror leanings, I believe I am wholly justified in expressing my thoughts on these matters. My heart tells me that our present U.S. President is tearing the fabric of our society, in part by influencing a lower-grade of global discourse.

Ours has become a culture of meanness. When the most powerful leader in the free world takes to Twitter and FOX News to bully not…