‽istis reclaims legacy (weekending January 9th
2021)
As
Senator Chuck Schumer proclaims: “the final, terrible, indelible legacy of the
45th president of the US, undoubtedly our worst”[i], ‽istis ponders
legacy and the potential recall and possible deserved or undeserved snappy titles
of future constructed histories:
‽ Catherine the Great, Edward the Confessor, Ivan
the Terrible, Charles the Bald, Thorkell the Tall, Charles the Affable, Julian
the Apostate, William the Ambitious, Indulf the Aggressor, Afonso the African,
John the Beer-Jug, Isabel the Redemptress, Colomon the Bookish, Ivailo the
Cabbage, Boleslaw the Chaste, Uroลก the Weak, Kenneth the Chief, John the
Constant, Edmund the Deed-Doer, Vlad the Devil, Constantine the Dung-Named,
Ivan the Fair, Niall the Showers, Louis the Unavoidable, Denis the Farmer,
Ketil the Flatnose, Maria the Most-Beautiful, Rupert the Gentle, Wilfred the
Hairy, Fulk the Ill-tempered, Henry the Impotent, Bayezid the Just, Leonor the
Treacherous, George the Prince of Whales, Magnus the Law-Mender, Diodotus the
Saviour, Eystein the Maiden, Charles the Martyr, Ivan the Moneybags, James the
Wisest Fool in Christendom, Basarab the Young, Pippin the Younger, Sigurd the
Mouth, Boso the Old, Alfonso the Peacemaker, Louis the Sluggard, Sancho the
Populator, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Olaf the Quiet, Ethelred the Unready, Maria
the Good Mother[ii];
on, on and gloriously on…
‽ Trump the Loser? (306 – 232[iii]), Trump the Useful Idiot?
(possibly the best of UIs: for both Republicans 2016-2020 and for Democrats
2021 onwards with the Presidency, the Senate and the House?), Trump the
Inciter? Trump the Double-Impeached? Trump the Patient? Trump the Inmate? Trump
the Tweeter? Trump the TV Personality? Trump the Debtor?[iv], Trump the Bankrupt? Trump
the Forgotten?
And
around the world you might like to complete the format on Twitter and other social
media?
·
Country:.……. Leader’s name……….
the……….
Fictitious
examples for illustrative purposes only:
·
New Zealand: Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern the Role Model?
·
United Kingdom: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson the Hubristic?
And
so ‽istis wonders how they and you and me might be remembered…? And if
we were to ponder that now, how different the world might be?
©
Pistis
NB: further reflections and comments linked to this week’s theme
and past blog
entries to be found on Twitter: replies, retweets (which don’t necessarily
indicate approval, sometimes the very opposite!) and ‘likes’:
@Pistis_wonders
[i] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/congress-begin-electoral-vote-count-amid-protests-inside-outside-capitol-n1253013
[iii]
Thank you for the confirmation VP Pence (op cit)
