WHO
ARE WE?
Like “High Noon”, a gang of desperadoes led by a vicious outlaw, Frank
Miller, has ridden into town. In our case, the Boris Putin gang has ridden
into our virtual town (Facebook, Twitter and social media). The Miller gang
threatens revenge against the Federal Marshall, Will Kane for sending Miller to prison. The Putin Gang wants U.S.
Sanctions lifted.
The Miller Gang takes over the town and their
presence dares the Marshall to “do something about it.” Like the presence of foreign
hackers in social media is a dare to our community. The Miller gang will arrive
on the noon train. The Putin Gang violated laws against meddling in U.S.
elections, and violated the integrity of that key U.S. right (a kind of a “rape”).
That they have the capacity to do this at will, is a threat which makes
everybody involved with future U.S. free elections (we townspeople) very
nervous because they won’t be free and our votes may not even be counted.
I thought like “High Noon”, we were headed down the story-line where a Federal
Marshall, (or FBI), like Will Kane, would get “all riled up” and want to
confront the Putin Gang and say that quintessential phrase, “I’ve never run from
anybody!” Then go for a showdown.
That story-line is about what “Made America
Great!” Law and order confronting those who break the law. Seek justice, protect
the townspeople. I thought the new administration with the “America First”
business would be all over the “High Noon” story-line, a cultural iconic film, perfect for the new media Prez.
But now I see we’re more like “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”.
In this movie, everybody wants Mildred
Hayes, the mother of the rape/murder victim, to take down the three
billboards she has just had put up which read in sequence” "RAPED WHILE
DYING", "AND STILL NO ARRESTS?", then "HOW COME, CHIEF
WILLOUGHBY?"
Our officials are not nervous because the Putin Gang raped
our elections. The story line we hear is “FAKE NEWS” or denial of any crime. And
like Chief Willoughby’s department, they’re not looking for any perpetrator.
Our “Chief of Police” and his police force are only worried about three billboards
(their public image) and its effect on public opinion and sales of the Chief’s
brand.
WHY
AM I HERE?
We learn that Chief Willoughby in “Three
Billboards” is a very sick man. His sickness apparently keeps him weakened
and distracted from doing his job. He does not discipline a racist cop (Jason Dixon). He does not even attempt
to find the brutal rapist / murderer of, Mildred’s daughter.
The townspeople are okay with cutting Willoughby
a break because he’s sick and use this excuse for him not to do his job. Seems like we’ve got someone in power who is
also weakened and only concentrating on himself. He doesn’t want to hear about
the crime that was committed, the rape of our elections. Don’t mention the
Putin Gang or sanctions!
And the public? We seem to be just as
cowardly as “High Noon” townspeople. They
don’t want Kane to take on the Miller Gang because “somebody will get hurt”. The
“Three Billboards” townspeople have a
great deal of sympathy for their weakened police chief.
But, when Kane tried to raise a posse, the
citizenry were afraid and wouldn’t support him. Willoughby, and Chief Trump, don’t
even attempt to form a posse. So, Mildred puts up the “Three Billboards.” Then the townspeople get angry.
WHAT
DO I WANT
“High
Noon” ends with the gunfight. Kane’s pacifist wife does not leave, but
comes back and helps save the Kane and the town by shooting one of the desperados.
“Three
Billboards” ends with a suicide of Captain Willoughby, and Mildred and the
racist cop driving (Dixon) away to kill somebody Dixon heard bragging about
something that sounded kinda similar to the rape, but the DNA didn’t match.
What do I want?
We need to clear the desperadoes out
of our town (virtual town, social media, voting system). If it isn’t Chief Trump, somebody, please. Federal
and State systems are violated already. If the Feds are stuck, then a total State
or Local movement, please..
I fear the vigilantism of “Three Billboards”. Kookie, angry ladies and a racist cops riding
around with a shotguns is not how I want my story-line to end.
I want we citizens to realize we are
not separate from those in authority and those in authority are not separate
from us. We out number and out smart the gang (Willoughby department, Trump Administration, which ever you think of in
this metaphor) but if we continue to be silent, and they continue to be passive, and the foreign hacker gang continues to cause fear in our communities, then our story-line may end very violently.
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