The Human Condition

Why Many Of Us Actually Love Playing With Fire

Some of these crazies have gotten used to applying burn cream

P.G. Barnett
Dark Sides of the Truth
3 min readNov 8, 2021

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One touch is all it will take to get scorched —Image by Comfreak on Pixabay

Whether you’re using an urban dictionary or searching for the meaning of “playing with fire” in Websters, the term typically refers to a person or group of people who practice dangerous activities that result in harm coming to either themselves or others.

For some strange reason, many Americans seem to be in love with playing with fire, and it’s brought about some serious consequences for many people. What’s even worse is that many of these “fire starters” tell us their actions are God-given rights to personal freedom.

Wait, what?

Unfortunately for most of us, it’s not like we have a year’s supply of burn cream.

The fact that these people are walking around refusing to vaccinate or wear masks and infusing sickness and death on their fellow citizens is truly a case of playing with fire. The last time I looked, one of the ten commandments was “Thou shall not kill.”

From my perspective, that’s one commandment I can get behind. The problem with these lunatics playing with fire is that the sensible ones who try to keep from getting…

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P.G. Barnett
Dark Sides of the Truth

A published author enjoying married Texas bliss. Dog person living with cats. A writer of Henry James' stories. Featured In MuckRack. Top Writer In Fiction.