James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D.
“I got you” is an age-old expression used when someone gets the best of us. You hear it used in a joking manner and sometimes in an ill-tempered way. When you hear it, you will either smile or frown.
Growing up back in the day had me using I got you a lot. The term was usually associated with us playing childhood games. Those were fun times where happiness was the main ingredient.
In fact, as a boy coming of age, I don’t recall hearing it in a negative way. Playing tag or dodgeball always meant that we would hear I got you.
As a youth, I never imagined the three words, I got you could be used in a sinister way. I guess the times we’re living in have shown me a different interpretation of those three words.
Being spiteful and seeking retribution aren’t a part of my persona. So, for those who have those attributes, I feel sorry for them. How do you go around picking people to hurt?
When the truth is used against you, then take your medicine and do better the next time. Fortunately, we live in a country where it is a staple of our democracy. Is that the case now?
Fabricating and just flat-out lying won’t get you any brownie points, at least not with me. However, there is a remnant of Americans who use them and then say, I got you. Integrity and honesty have been removed from the front burner and off the stove.
We see people in masks taking folks from their communities and jobs. Checking legal papers and credentials isn’t being done. There is a I got you mindset that is being displayed by those in charge.
This will continue as long as the checks and balances system isn’t being used in our nation. At one point, it was being used, but not anymore. This is my opinion.
I got you has now shown up in the housing market. Home loans and the National Flood Insurance Program are now being held up. There is uncertainty as to how long this will last.
Sources say active-duty service members and others on the federal payroll may miss paychecks on October 15th because of the government shutdown. However, the administration says it has identified funds to pay the military on that date.
Advocates of what I call the I got you movement are simply going along with business as usual, as if nothing is wrong. America, something is terribly wrong.
It is beginning to get a bit cooler now, and with that, we’ll see more sicknesses. This is normally the time we take some precautionary health measures.
This includes taking flu and now COVID-19 shots. However, we are being advised by some elected and appointed officials not to take them.
Reports say those who say not to take them have already taken their vaccines. They are practicing, I got you. Misinformation gathers around us like a storm cloud, and we are succumbing to it.
Pundits are telling us that these are unprecedented times, and we are falling for wrongdoing. There are those who are engaging in voodoo politics.
However, polls show that a large percentage of us are distrustful and disillusioned with what is going on today. Rules and regulations have been thrown out of the window onto the pavement.
The American people are being held as hostages and collateral damage to a new set of laws. Mind you, laws that are made up sometimes to benefit only a small group of Americans.
During the last election season, we were told how great things would be. Do you remember the lyrics, Vote for me, and I’ll set you free? Now those same people are saying, “I got you”.
