There’s Disinfo in the Car Pool

How do you deal with crazy online world seeping into real life?

Two days after President-elect Joe Biden secured his victory over outgoing President Donald Trump, I walked my children to school. It’s only about 10 minutes away, and it’s not too cold yet here in Georgia. Walking with them is a wonderful opportunity to talk about what’s going on with their lives before they become teenagers and no longer speak another word to me. My youngest son, Wynn, was telling me about how if he had to fight a dragon he’d make sure to use his Ninjago powers when I noticed, on a light pole by the school, a freshly posted political sign. It said:

“DEMS YOUR VOTER FRAUD IS TREASON.”

The “T” and the “N” in “TREASON” had little driblets of red hanging off their serifs, as if they were caked in the blood of the treasonous Dems. And it was just sitting there, next to my kid’s school, as I waved to the crossing guard and held my kids’ hands as they crossed the street.

I hoped the kids didn’t see the sign, and later, after school was in session, I walked back over to the telephone pole and took it down. I don’t know if that’s what I should have done. (I’m still not sure.) But I didn’t want to look at that at 7 a.m. every morning when I’m just trying to hear my six-year-old talk to me about…