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Christopher Columbus has a new advocate.

Tricia Mezzacappa, AKA Tricia Phillips, can join Mayor Sal Panto in defending Chris’ name and the $13,000 statue at Riverside Park in Easton.

They would be defending him from me, because I wrote historical facts about what Christopher Columbus truly was. Apparently, that now brands me as, “Anti-American,” if you follow Mezzacappa’s screeds.

According to Mezzacappa, I hate everything American because I “disparaged” Columbus. (Is it really necessary for me to point out Columbus wasn’t American?)

So, among everything else she has accused me of over the past 6 years, her reasoning for her newest smear campaign of me, “hating everything American” is this post I published about Christopher Columbus [Click Here].

Yep, I was undoubtedly “disparaging” toward a deceased psychopath. I actually had the gall to provide historical facts that went beyond what Mezzacappa was taught in 2nd grade. For her, that correlates into me, “hating America” and the rest of her tirade of what I supposedly hate.

According to her, not only do I hate America, but I hate American’s (sic) and I hate Monuments (sic) and I hate Trump and I hate patriotic citizens. I hate everything American, says our local bigot, who I’m sure would have added, I should go back to where I came from, if I was of darker Italian ancestry.

Taken from Columbus’ own logs, historical letters, witness accounts, trial documents, and drawings from the time he ruled as Governor of Hispanolia, it has been proven as fact, that Columbus was the Hitler of his day and many states are already moving away from honoring him, by changing the name of the day that gives him undeserved respect.

The facts are, Columbus committed genocide upon the peaceful and indigenous natives of the islands he stumbled upon, his Conquistadors killed for sport and pleasure, he became a slave trader, he tortured and killed his own colonists for minor infractions of law, and he was a pedophile, among his many atrocities. That isn’t “Fake News,” folks.

Leave it to Mezzacappa to take up the cause for the first homicidal racist in the Americas. Two qualities she seems comfortable in supporting, considering her support of murderer Rockne Newell and her racist comments involving a beeping taxi waiting for a neighbor.

It seems I also had the audacity to suggest that the Columbus statue in Easton be rededicated to an Italian worthy of recognition, like Leonardo da Vinci. This must be the reason I hate monuments – according to Mezzacappa.

Now, I’m not sure if Mezzacappa actually believes I hate America, or if it’s just another attempt to incite people and impugn my character again. If she actually does believe it, because I wrote about Columbus and she connected all those dots, which led her to declare, Dees hates America, then she is ready for the rubber room.

I’ve long since gotten over being surprised and shocked at the posts Tricia Mezzacappa puts on her official Facebook Constable page. She’s like a story from Superman comics that sometimes highlighted “Bizarro World.” The world opposite of normal Earth.

The more she posts her bizarre rants and immature memes on Facebook, the more credibility and respect she loses among the sane, which I believe still outnumber those like her.

Apparently, she is in quite a lather over the Vexatious Requester Resolution I was instrumental in sending to the State Legislature, or maybe it’s her facing criminal charges for filing a false report with the PSP. It could be her unpaid school taxes, a lien on her property, lack of income, being on the government dole for healthcare, her siblings suing her, her age, or something else I’m not aware of.

Whatever the reason, she appears close to being measured for one of those, “I Love Me” jackets that are buckled up in the back.

It appears I’ve once again become her main focus for disparagement, which is fine by me, as it takes the heat off everyone else on her very, very long list of those she hates, insults, and harasses. After many years of her attempts to impugn my character, I don’t pay her much mind anymore, unless residents start asking about her posts. She is little more than gum on the bottom of my shoe.

As I tell residents, her latest declaration of me hating America is likely due to watching too much Fox News and she thinks the best way to take the focus off herself is to accuse me of being anti-American. Her bizarre beliefs go far back. In 2011 she was convinced there was an automotive chop shop being run from a second floor apartment.

I will say, she’s created quite a laundry list of my supposed hates, in an attempt to stir up her ultra-right comrades and find a few allies among them, but I think even most of them suspect Mezzacappa has issues. I believe most of them are far more moderate than Mezzacappa thinks, and most certainly not the radical right hard-liners to which Mezzacappa subscribes.

Her own GOP Party disavowed her years ago when she ran for County Council. Her support for murderer Rockne Newell and the venom of hate she spews gave the local GOP reason not to support her candidacy. She is now a member of a disorganized faction of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party, calling themselves the “Republican Action Team” (RATs).

So, it seems “Anti-American” is the new flavor of the month. Senator Joe McCarthy (Wisconsin, 1953-1955) would appreciate her newest tactic, though he ended his political career in disgrace because of it.

Mezzacappa really needs to find a hobby. Perhaps coloring books. Crayons would be safe for her to use. Even snack on, if the urge hit her.

Not surprisingly, she just doesn’t get it, as she continues desperately seeking some kind of hook that will outrage the masses. Her own ravings continue to damage her ability to have anyone take her seriously, or believe she is capable of maintaining social norms.

She can keep up her childish attacks. I don’t care about memes with my face distorted by a new app she found to play with. She can continue to call me names like a 10 year-old would. I’m not embarrassed about a toilet I put to good use and kept from going to a landfill. I deal with 10 year-olds in my job, many with emotional problems. She is little different from some of those children.

To my own disappointment, it did take me a couple of years to realize that I wasn’t dealing with an adult mind. Like a child, she thinks she is somehow “winning,” or repeating the same lost argument louder, validates it.

For her, she believes that she is coming across to everyone as sane and rational. When proven wrong, she doubles down, then doubles down again, and again, trying to desperately vindicate herself and damage others with never-ending irrationality and falsehoods. It’s sad she can’t see what she is doing to herself.

She’s the joke of her own community and the mention of her name for anyone who follows politics in the Lehigh Valley, brings the question of, “The crazy woman from West Easton?”

In truth, her inability to act like a mature adult makes her look like she is off some needed medication and I feel guilty for not paying rent on all that space I’m occupying in her head, as she continues to play the role of Drama Queen.

The other garbage she posts (memes, name calling, etc.) is something her lawyer can use as an insanity defense. He must be ecstatic that she continues posting on her official Constable page, her bizarre conspiracy theories and accusations.

I would hope, if she is found guilty of filing that false report, that one of her conditions for a lighter sentence would be agreeing to be examined by a court appointed psychiatrist. It could be made a condition for ARD, if she can qualify for it.

In the meantime, her life continues down the toilet. But be assured, it’s going to be a new toilet.