Because things tend to just suddenly fly out of my mouth when I am talking to a person that expresses things that are quite obviously stupid or crazy. I also have a tendency to start laughing, not sure there is a name for that disorder. It sort of feels a bit like their madness is contagious and I go...well...slightly insane myself. 

Had I been standing there with Dan and his wife, and typically you would not want me around in this case, I think I probably without being able to stop myself would have asked the guy with the baby and Critical Race Theory concerns if he could tell me what CRT was pretending, of course, that I had no idea. Then I probably would have uncontrollably laughed as soon as I said it because my brain would have already connected that we were setting off on a weird journey. Dan being a doctor would immediately have recognized my state of mental distress and quickly removed all sharp objects and anything that could be used to start a fire. 

At which point my insane grin and strange giggling would have grown worse as the guy gave some ridiculous explanation of what CRT was and I began asking him how we might eradicate the problem. Dan's wife probably then would have sensed that things were rapidly going off the rails and may have tried to quickly change the subject. I would then have moved closer to the guy goading him into further helping me understand CRT and how we can help children, particularly toddlers ,avoid it. I probably would have asked how he could be sure his 6 month year old had not already been exposed to CRT and how he would deal with that if the child had. You have to intervene early with this kind of thing after all as young minds are so prone to washing!

Dan would then likely have begun to move his wife and any other innocent bystanders away from what was happening knowing this train was now completely out of control barreling toward oblivion and now all you can do is try to minimize the damage. 

So, I am not certain I can be trusted standing alone talking to a guy with completely crazed signs in his yard while holding a lit cigarette. I don't know if he smokes, he is far enough from my house that I can't see his house or his signs from my yard or the street in front of my house. In fact thankfully all that is in front of my house is 38 acres of forest.

I know the guy with the signs is a plumber...not the Nixon kind of plumber...just the kind of plumber that you know, clears a drain or installs a new water heater. He's at least my height, maybe slightly taller, shaved head, and stoops a bit when he walks. Perhaps a natural development in a tall guy that spends much of his time in basements. I think he may have an inch or two of reach on me but I am certain that he is not quick witted enough to either understand what would be happening nor where it could lead once we began to converse. He looks like he may be bad tempered and based on the signage he has absolutely lost his mind. He does have a sign up that says "OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD AND THE CIA - LOOK IT UP!" which I know is where I would want to start and I am most excited by. That one is just the odd one out in the bunch and I really do want to know his thought process on including it. 

I would want to start by telling the guy that putting up all the signs just lets "them" know where he is and makes him easy to find but I would also be sort of concerned that could drive him to an act of violence. 

If I get into this I will purchase an "Info Wars" t-shirt to wear during the occasion.