My Jandek Plague Journal: 5/13/20 "It's Forever"

"Arrest yourself, don’t wait any longer/Cause yourself to cease/Stop and think about it." Itaewon is shaping up to be the new cluster site in Korea and it's sparking backlash against the expected populations: foreigners and the LGBTQ community. Just like yesterday, when solidarity was shed in the face of safety, the Itaewon cluster is emerging as an opportunity to justify preexisting bigotries. Coincidentally, I just taught a lesson on fascist speech using a Philosophy Tube video. He says when fascists say Jews run the world, they're not really saying that. They're saying they want to persecute Jews. Likewise, when Koreans start singling out foreigners and LGBTQ people as pandemic threats, they don't really believe that either. They're saying they want to have a designated underclass that can be used and abused when convenient because some people should be chattel. -5/13/20. "It's Forever" from Raining Down Diamonds (lyrics) (one week earlier) (one week later)