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Are you ready to delete Facebook?

It’s unbelievable.

After everything we witnessed from 2017-2020 – the ineptitude, the criminality, the lack of respect, the racism and sexism and, oh yeah, the needless deaths of 800,000 Americans – it’s unfathomable that half of this country could vote again for that malignant, mentally addled, morally vacant, adjudicated rapist and felon instead of for the competent, intelligent, honest  woman of color.

But that’s where we are now. As I write this, on the night before the Orange Fistula’s inauguration, I know I’m not the only one looking ahead at the next four (or more) years with absolute dread.

Equally distressing is the pace at which the billionaire tech boys Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg – once self-proclaimed champions of free speech, democracy, and “bringing people together” – bent their knees, kissed Trump’s ring, and became facilitators of fascism.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos refused to allow his Washington Post  editorial board to publish an op-ed in support of Kamala Harris. He has since donated $1 million to Shitler’s inauguration. He also refused to run Ann Telnaes’ editorial cartoon criticizing Bezos’ kowtowing to the felonious fascist. (Telnaes, a 20-year veteran, says it’s the first time her work has been censored. She  resigned as a result.)

If you’re not living under a rock, you already know how Elon Musk of Twitter (yes, I deadname the platform, just as he deadnames his Trans offspring), donated millions to Trump’s campaign. He has since appointed himself co-president elect as the return on his investment.

So, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that Zuckerberg, long known to be the most cowardly and cringe-inducing of the lot, has recently joined the pack. After meeting Trump around Thanksgiving, and then giving $1 million to the inauguration, he recently announced massive, right-wing changes at Facebook/Meta.

Meta will eliminate third-party fact checkers (because of perceived liberal “political bias” and “partisan censorship”) and roll back content moderation.

It’s appointing far-right members to its board, relocating what’s left of Meta’s offices from California to Texas to combat the appearance of partisan censorship (because, gosh, there’s no political bias in Texas!) and – most distressing – ending DEI initiatives within the organization.

Most appallingly, to please and appease the Far Right, Facebook has cancelled its policies protecting LGBTQ, people of color, and other marginalized groups on its platforms.

In other words, you get to call me a “faggot” on Facebook now and face zero consequences. But if I call a MAGA anti-vax conspiracy theorist an idiot, I’ll land in Facebook Jail, or worse, or thrown off the platform.

It’s truly a scary new world on social media. Apparently “free speech” now only applies to/protects words (like insults) and conspiracies that Trump and MAGA want you to hear. Nowadays, things like science and facts and truth are left-wing partisan propaganda.

For me, this the last straw.

On Jan. 31, I'm deleting all my Meta accounts – Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger.

Is Zuck courting MAGA? Is he afraid of Trump’s past threats of jail time? Do I give a shit?

As Nine Simone sings, you have to leave the table when love is no longer being served! So I’m out of there. Farewell Facebook and #FuckZuck

***

It will be easier to say goodbye to some of Meta’s platforms than others.

Being more verbal than visual, I never really mastered Instagram. Threads was fun for a quick minute. But it was quickly overrun by porn bots and MAGA morons, and now looks much like the platform it was trying to emulate.

Frankly, I’ve always felt safer user text instead of Messenger (although that may be a false sense of security!).

Leaving Facebook, however, will be much more difficult. After 20 years, I’m more than a bit addicted (all the more reason to bid adieu ). I don’t expect my withdrawal to be painless. Facebook is in my DNA at this point!

Checking Facebook – responding to notifications, posting updates, sending birthday greetings – has long been a morning ritual for well over a decade. I’m made tons of virtual and real Friends and have a lot of memories stored there.

***

A latecomer to the party, I joined Facebook around 2007. My good friend, the late actor/director/playwright Jeffrey Hartgraves, insisted it was a necessity to (a) to stay in touch with all the friends I’d recently left behind in San Francisco, and (b) promote the upcoming 2009 production of his San Francisco stage smash Carved in Stone , which I co-produced and in which I reprised the role of Quentin Crisp.

And It worked! Thanks to Facebook, our LA engagement stretched to three months! It was very easy to reach out to groups of people, share reviews, offer discounts, sell tickets. The sky was the limit in those days. And all for free!

And let’s face it. My streaming series Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-2020) would never have found its enthusiastic audience, much less its crowdfunded budget, if not for my endless, non-stop efforts to share the word about the show on that platform.

During the run of ODNT , I was on Facebook from the moment I woke up until I turned off the lights for sleep, each and every day.

Most recently, it assisted me in selling more than a few of my books.

Then there are the hundreds of Friends I made, who came out of nowhere to support me during 2016’s “Brady Debacle.”

But long before Trump and my public smackdown of his bitch Thindy Brady, Facebook already had changed. Zuckerberg’s greed had kicked in. Big time.

We could no longer reach our show’s fans for free. Our posts were buried unless we paid to promote them (which we very rarely did).

Then Zuckerberg wanted to his platform to be the new go-to for streaming video, so our show’s YouTube clips were “shadow-banned” and barely seen.

And once Trump came onto the political scene, social media became less about fun engagement about what your friends were up to, and much more about the outpouring of angry outrage (from both sides).

Facebook quickly learned it gets much more engagement (and thus, more profit) from angry users than from happy, blessed-out ones.

In other words, folks are more likely to click and comment on content that pisses them off than they will on posts that please them. [See my earlier blog on this topic, F#@k Facebook ]

Today, Facebook is barely fun at all. My newsfeed is so filled with ads from pages and groups I don’t follow (and have absolutely zero interest in). I barely see my Friends’ posts at all as a result – perhaps because my friends aren’t paying Zuckerberg to let me see them!

I know it will be an adjustment. But it’s one willing to make. One I must make. I was happy in the days before Facebook. I will, eventually, be happy in my days after Facebook.

***

But what about all those memories stored there? I’ve used the platform as a virtual scrapbook of life events and career highlights for a long time now.

Well, if you’d like to leave Meta, too, there are  ways to save all your photos, videos and more before you do.

One option is to download your data. Go to your Facebook settings, navigate to "Your information," and click "Download your information"; you can then select which data types you want to download and initiate the download process.

You'll eventually receive a ZIP file that contains folders with files, including any images and videos you've requested.

But be sure to deselect everything but posts, videos, and photos! (I made the mistake of not deselecting everything when I downloaded data two years ago, and received more data than I needed or could store!)

A more old-school is using a service such as Pastbook.com (just one of many similar services). They’ll access all your photos from the past 10 years (or longer) and print them in a high-quality hardcover coffee-table type book. You can pick and choose which photos to include or delete, and which years to highlight (or not). I just ordered one with my photos from past ten years, and it was under $70! We're so impressed, we're going to order one covering the Old Dogs & New Tricks years before pulling the Meta plug.

You know what? I miss keeping and having scrapbooks anyway!

***

I’m trying to not  be self-righteous about my decision. I don’t expect flocks to follow my example, and I’m not going to shame anyone who doesn’t or can’t disconnect from their Friends.

But this choice is right for me .

Because, over the past decade, I’ve learned I can become addicted to self-righteous outrage. The years since 2016 have shown me that part of my psyche actually thrives on drama and toxic anger. (Perhaps an occupational hazard of being an actor?)

I mentally exhausted myself during the last Trump administration, arguing with idiots on social media. And I didn’t change a single mind! (Did you?) I don’t think I can take another round.

I’m looking for smarter ways to resist.

In addition to leaving Meta behind, I’m also avoiding legacy networks, cable news, and mainstream media. I'm now getting my information from independent sources like NPR and Democracy Now ! or trustworthy media outlets from outside the United States of Amnesia, like BBC News .

***

So. What will I do with all the free time I usually squandered on Facebook?

I was a prolific reader in my 20s and 30s, with a book always in hand or within reach, and a towering to-be-read stack on my nightstand. I’d love to get back always having a book (or three) occupying my imagination.

I'll also be taking all those fleeting, pithy zingers, one-liners and general bitching and grousing I used to post immediately on Facebook and go deeper, developing them instead into more thought-provoking blogs here on my website.

You can still react to and comment on my posts here, just like on Facebook, and I promise to reply and discuss! Please set yourself up to receive notifications of new blogs as they arrive.

I’m also enjoying the stress-free Bluesky , and hope you will join me there at @leonacord.bsky.social

I also hope you’ll Subscribe to my YouTube channel at @LeonAcord where I plan to post more shorts and vlogs, as well as clips from upcoming film projects.

So I hope you’ll please follow my blog to read about my whitdrawal and occasional cold sweats! And please stay in touch.

***

Finally, the question I get the most. Would I ever return to Facebook?

Well… If Zuckerberg ever sold the platform to an actual human being, then, yes, I I would.

But I don’t see that happening.

Meanwhile, may we all find the strength and resolve we will need for the nightmare-ish years ahead.

May God help us all us.

Burgeoning curmudgeon (or is that queer-mudgeon ?) Leon Acord takes on current events (MAGA, cancel culture), modern-day life (precocious parents, technology), pop culture (theatre critics, closeted actors), and more in Expletives Not Deleted , his collection of bitchy yet bubbly essays, all written in the same acerbic voice that made his memoir SUB-LEBRITY a five-star Amazon bestseller.

Buy it HERE  

It’s unbelievable.

After everything we witnessed from 2017-2020 – the ineptitude, the criminality, the lack of respect, the racism and sexism and, oh yeah, the deaths of 800,000 Americans – it’s unfathomable that half of this country could vote for that malignant, mentally addled, morally vacant, adjudicated rapist and felon instead of for the competent, intelligent, honest  woman of color.

But that’s where we are now. As I write this, on the night before the Orange Fistula’s inauguration, I know I’m not the only one looking ahead at the next four (or more) years with absolute dread.

As distressing is the pace at which the billionaire tech boys Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg – once self-proclaimed champions of free speech, democracy, and “bringing people together” – bent their knees, kissed Trump’s ring, and became facilitators of fascism.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos refused to allow his Washington Post  editorial board to publish an op-ed in support of Kamala Harris. He has since donated $1 million to Shitler’s inauguration. He also refused to run Ann Telnaes’ editorial cartoon criticizing Bezos’ kowtowing to the felonious fascist. (Telnaes, a 20-year veteran, says it’s the first time her work has been censored. She  resigned as a result.)

If you’re not living under a rock, you already know how Elon Musk of Twitter (yes, I deadname the platform, just as his does his trans offspring), donated millions to Trump’s campaign. He has appointed himself co-president elect as the return on his investment.

So, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that Zuckerberg, long known to be the most cowardly and cringe-inducing of the lot, has recently joined the pack. After meeting Trump after Thanksgiving, and giving $1 million to the inauguration, he recently announced massive, right-wing changes at Facebook/Meta.

Meta will eliminate third-party fact checkers (because of perceived “political bias” and “partisan censorship”) and roll back content moderation.

It’s appointing far-right members to its board, relocating what’s left of Meta’s offices from California to Texas to combat the appearance of partisan censorship (because, gosh, there’s no political bias in Texas!) and – most distressing – ending DEI initiatives within the organization, and doing away protective policies protecting LGBTQ, people of color, and other marginalized groups on its platforms.

In other words, you may now call me a “faggot” on Facebook with zero consequences. But if I call a MAGA anti-vax conspiracy theorist an idiot, I’ll land in Facebook Jail, or worse.

It’s truly a scary new world we’re entering on social media. Apparently “free speech” only applies to words and conspiracies Trump and MAGA want you to hear. Nowadays, things like science and facts are partisan propaganda.

And for me, that’s the last straw.

On Jan. 31, I will delete all my Meta accounts – Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger.

Is Zuck courting MAGA? Is he afraid of Trump’s past threats? Do I give a shit? I’m out of there. #FuckZuck

As Nine Simone sings, you have to leave the table when love is no longer being served!

***

It will be easier to say goodbye to some of Meta’s platforms than others.

Being more verbal than visual, I never really mastered Instagram. Threads was fun for a quick minute but was quickly overrun by porn bots and MAGA morons. It now looks too much like the platform it was trying to emulate.

And frankly, I’ve always felt safer user text instead of Messenger (although that may be a false sense of security!).

Saying goodbye to Facebook, however, will be much more difficult. After 20 years, I’m more than a bit addicted (all the more reason to bid adieu).

Checking Facebook, responding to notifications, sending birthday greetings, has long been my morning ritual for well over a decade. I’m made tons of virtual Friends and have a lot of memories stored there.

***

A latecomer to the party, I was first introduced to Facebook around 2007. My good friend, the late actor/director/playwright, insisted I join it to (a) to stay in touch with all the friends I’d recently left behind in San Francisco, and (b) to promote the upcoming 2009 production of his San Francisco stage smash Carved in Stone , which I co-produced and in which I reprised the role of Quentin Crisp.

It worked! While successful in SF, it ran only four weeks there. Thanks to Facebook, our LA engagement stretched to three months! It was very easy to reach out to groups of people, share reviews, offer discounts. The sky was the limit in those days.

And let’s face it. My streaming series Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-2020) would never have found its enthusiastic audiences, much less much of its crowdfunding funds, if not for my endless, non-stop efforts to share the word about the show on that platform.

During the run of the show, I was on Facebook from the moment I awoke until I turned off the lights for sleep, each and every day.

And recently, it certainly assisted me in selling more than a few of my books.

Then there are the hundreds of Friends I made, people who came out of nowhere to support me during 2016’s “Brady Debacle.”

But long before Trump my public smackdown of his bitch Thindy Brady, Facebook had already changed. Zuckerberg’s greed had kicked in. Big time. We could no longer reach our show’s fans for free.

He also wanted to his platform to be the new go-to for streaming video, so our show’s YouTube clips were “shadow-banned” and barely seen.

Ditto for links to our crowdfunding sites, because you now had to pay to get those things seen by your fans.

And when Trump came onto the political scene, social media became less about fun engagement, and much more about outpouring of angry (from both sides).

Facebook quickly learned it gets much more engagement (and thus, more profit) from angry users than from happy, blessed-out ones.

In other words, folks are more likely to click on and comment upon content that pisses them off than posts that please them. [See my earlier blog on this topic, F#@k Facebook ]

These days, Facebook is barely fun at all. My newsfeed is so filled with ads from pages and groups I don’t follow and have absolutely zero interest in. I barely see my friends’ posts at all as a result – perhaps because my friends aren’t paying to have me see them!

So while I know it will be an adjustment, it’s one willing to make. I remember being happy in the days before Facebook. I will, eventually, be happy in my days after Facebook.

***

But after 20 years on Facebook, what about all those memories stored there? I’ve used the platform as a virtual scrapbook of life events and career highlights for a long time.

Well, if you’d like to leave Meta, too, there are  ways to save all your photos, videos and more before you do.

One option is by downloading your data. Go to your Facebook settings, navigate to "Your information," and click "Download your information"; you can then select which data types you want to download and initiate the download process.

You'll receive a ZIP file that, once opened and extracted, will contain an HTML file named index that you can open like a web page on your web browser. The ZIP file will contain folders with files, including any images and videos you've requested.

But be sure to deselect everything but posts, videos, and photos! (I made the mistake of not deselecting everything when I downloaded data two years ago, and received more data than I needed or could store!)

Another more old-school is using a service such as Pastbook.com (just one of many similar services). They’ll access all your photos from the past 10 years (or longer) and print them in a high-quality coffee-table type book. You can pick and choose which photos to include or delete, and even which years to highlight (or not). I just ordered one with my photos from past ten years, and it was under $70!

You know what? I miss keeping and having scrapbooks anyway!

***

I’m trying to not  be self-righteous about my decision. I don’t expect flocks to follow my example, and I’m not going to shame anyone who doesn’t or can’t disconnect.

Unless you’re dishonest about your reasons why! You’re not staying to fight for democracy or any of the other lame excuses I’ve seen. Oh, you’re staying to try to convince people Trump is wrong? How many minds have you changed?  

It’s okay if you want to want to lose your connections with friends, families, and groups.

But this choice is right for me .

Because, over the past decade, I’ve learned I can become addicted to self-righteous outrage. The past decade has shown me that part of my psyche actually thrives on drama, toxic anger, and outrage. (Occupational hazard of being an actor?)

I mentally exhausted myself during the last Trump administration, arguing with idiots on social media. And I didn’t change a single mind! I don’t think I can take another round. I’m looking for smarter ways to resist.

So in addition to leaving Meta behind, I’m also avoiding legacy networks, cable news, and mainstream media, and getting my information instead from independent sources like NPR and Democracy Now! [LINKS!!] or foreign media outlets like BBC News.

***

What do I do with all the free time I usually squandered on Facebook?

Well, I hope to read a lot more!. I was a prolific reader in my 20s and 30s, with a book always in hand or within reach. I’d would love to get back always having a book (or three) occupying my imagination.

I also hope to write more! I’ll take all those fleeting, pithy thoughts I used to post immediately on Facebook, and go deeper. I’ll develop them instead into more thought-provoking blog entries here on my wesbite, instead of just zingers, one-liners and general bitching and grousing on social media.

You can still react to and comment on my posts here, just like on Facebook, and I promise to reply and discuss! Please set yourself up to receive notifications of new blogs as they arrive.

I’m also enjoying the stress-free Bluesky, and hope you will join me there at https://bsky.app/profile/leonacord.bsky.social

I also hope you’ll Subscribe to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@LeonAcord where I plan to post more shorts and vlogs, as well as clips from upcoming film projects.

***

Now, I don’t expect my withdrawal to be easy, nor painless. Facebook is in my DNA at this point! So I hope you’ll please come back here occasionally (or follow my blog for update notices) to read about my progress and occasional cold sweats! And to stay in touch. Especially in the very trying times facing us in the years ahead.

***

Finally, the question I get the most. Would I ever consider returning to Facebook?

Well… If Zuckerberg ever sold the platform to an actual human being, then, yes, I I would.

But I don’t see that happening.

Meanwhile, may we all find the strength and resolve we’ll need for the next few years.

May God help us all us.

Burgeoning curmudgeon (or is that queer-mudgeon ?) Leon Acord takes on current events (MAGA, cancel culture), modern-day life (precocious parents, technology), pop culture (theatre critics, closeted actors), and more in Expletives Not Deleted , his collection of bitchy yet bubbly essays, all written in the same acerbic voice that made his memoir SUB-LEBRITY a five-star Amazon bestseller.

Buy it HERE  

[Author's Note: Since Elon Musk still deadnames his offspring, I still call it Twitter. It, and he, deserve no better.]

Wanna play make-believe for a moment?

Let’s pretend an ultra-famous mega-billionaire has invited you to his big bash. By attending, you’ll raise your social profile, meet famous people who could advance your career – maybe you'll even make yourself rich and famous by attending!

You’d RSVP in the positive without hesitation, yes?

Now, let’s imagine that your celebrity host is also a renowned racist, who's family made their fortune thanks in large part to apartheid. He's well known for fascist behavior and interference in governmental affairs. He communicates with our nation’s enemies and successfully conspires with a wannabe dictator to secure power. He proudly brags about using illegal drugs. He’s well known for bullying employees and skirting work rules, He's harassed the several mothers of his children, and has disowned his own trans daughter.

And now, he says he plans on putting Americans through "hardships" to help his own personal Hitler secure his/their goals.

Would you still  plan on attending? Of course not! And why would you? “Guilt by association,” and all that.

Right?

But guess what! If you’re still on Twitter/X – SURPRISE!  – you’ve already been at that party for some time!

I must admit, I was already stymied by how many fair-weather liberals remained on repugnant racist Elon Musk’s vile platform.

But in light of recent developments, I am absolutely flummoxed. I must ask, “What the hell is wrong  with you?”

You will hear all sorts of excuses from those who refuse to budge. Believe me, I've had the arguments!

“I’m staying there to fight fascism and defend democracy in the lion's den!” they will proclaim.

How’s that battle going? (If it were working, Musk would have already thrown you out of his party!)

“My one little account doesn’t make a difference,” they’ll then claim, forgetting that the best way to drive a business out of business is to take your  business elsewhere.

If everyone canceled their "one little account," it certainly would make a difference.

“I stay on there to see what the Right is up to,” is another lame excuse. As if the mainstream media doesn’t already report on every tweet that's even remotely newsworthy.

Fresh out of excuses, some tweeters might finally state the truth.

“But my followers! It took me years to build my base!”  

And that, in my humble opinion, is perhaps the lamest excuse of all.

You’re willing to sell your soul for a little popularity?

Which leads back to my original question: "What the hell is wrong with you?"

The hard truth is, you are not – cannot be – truly pro-democracy if you’re keeping the fascist’s Lie Machine alive. No matter how many followers you have.

Not even if you’re Brian Tyler Cohen, Marc Elias, the Lincoln Project, or others who claim to be fighting the good fight, but who continue tweeting away. Even though they know  better.

Because they know Musk uses Twitter to promote blatant lies unchecked, to block truth unchallenged, to bully and harass his enemies (of which there are many).

When he bought the platform, Musk fired most of its employees, and removed all guardrails and safety supervision – declaring himself the king of "free speech."

As a result, it quickly became awash with Nazis, porn, trolls, and Russian and Chinese bots.

And now, empowered by his bizarre friendship with president-elect Trump, he’s become even more malignant – spreading blatant lies about patriots like retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, and joking about assassinating President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris, among other disgraces.

Because he owns the forum, he can post anything he wants without consequence or censorship, no matter how outrageous, not matter how false.

And if you dare insult him or any of his cronies? He will throw you out of his party on your ass!

Then there's Musk’s constant lies to support his latest pet project, the “presidency” of Donald J. Trump. Those certainly paid off, with Trump naming Musk the head of Trump's nebulous, newly formed "Department of Government Efficiency."

Musk's behavior is becoming exponentially more and more reptilian.

For example, he recently doxxed the names of of some government employees he plans to fire -- making them targets of MAGA's merry morons. He warns "average Americans" [ i.e. , non-billionaires] are going to have a hard time as he enacts his "vision."

And Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet! Imagine how bad it will get in the months and years ahead.

That is, unless Musk meets the same fate of many former Trump ass-kissers and gets thrown under the gold-plated bus.

But as my friend Jeffrey Hartgraves used to say, "Until then, it's now."

By staying on Twitter, you implicitly support not only Musk, but his lies, his anti-American policies, his megalomaniacal ego, and the skin-crawling Musk-Trump alliance.

“I’m just one person. I don’t make a difference.” Oh, shut up.

Just imagine if all the liberals, independents, and media companies stomped out of Musk’s party?

After the wildly disappointing election, it's starting to happen. Fed up with Musk’s rampant churlishness, his interference in national affairs, and his petty vindictiveness, users are now fleeing his platform in droves, and flocking to alternatives.

Meta’s Threads is one option. Alas, Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter wannabe has de-emphasized news and politics from its social networks. Just further proof that Zuck is as spineless as Musk is evil.

Need more proof of his cowardly status? See below , Zuck’s congratulatory note to the man whom he’d banned from his platform for insurrection just four years earlier.

Ick. 

Many former Twitter users, myself included, found a new haven on Bluesky .

Why do we prefer it to the others?

Bluesky has no ads, there's no "master algorithm." Users have much more control over their feeds. Their moderation team quickly enforces community standards (a feature Musk quickly killed at Twitter). Posts about news and politics are not "shadow banned."

Many users have created “starter kits,” where you can follow (or block) numerous users with just one click.

Bluesky CEO Jay Garber claims her site is "billionaire-proof" since it's not one centralized feed of content but a "protocol" from which endless feeds (sports, cats, libraries) can be created.

In other words, since the site is open-sourced and maintained by many contributors, like Wikipedia, it's more difficult for a single person or company to control it.

I’ve been there since Nov. 7, and I’ve yet to encounter a single Nazi or a porn bot. There are a few MAGA morons, but they are quickly dispatched. In fact, I’m spending most of my social-media time there these days. ( Follow me! )

The “Xodus” from Twitter (as media calls it) clearly makes man-baby Musk nervous. After all, he paid $44 billion for Twitter. Its current estimated worth is around $600 million. No wonder he’s acting out.

But then again, he did buy a Presidency as a result. Not a bad investment.

I truly hope you will leave Musk’s fascist party and join the fun on Bluesky. It's still small, with 20 million users (as of this writing), so let's help it grow! Let’s bury Twitter once and for all!

And if you can't bring yourself to leave the party? Then stop claiming you're pro-democracy. Because you are not.

Actions speak louder than words.

Now buckle yourselves in. It's going to be a bumpy fight.

Burgeoning curmudgeon (or is that queer-mudgeon ?) Leon Acord takes on current events (MAGA, cancel culture), modern-day life (precocious parents, technology), pop culture (theatre critics, closeted actors), and more in Expletives Not Deleted , his collection of bitchy yet bubbly essays, all written in the same acerbic voice that made his memoir SUB-LEBRITY a five-star Amazon bestseller.

Buy it HERE