He Is PhiloMath

Some guy e-mailed me his "profile" of me based on my tweets and posts. I think he meant it as a joke, but it's pretty much right on with a couple of near misses:

I think PhiloMath is a sort of poorly educated country-savant with a bit of an axe to grind. However, I don't think he is particularly dangerous unless cornered or challenged in some unforeseeable way--at which point I think he is probably capable of some unpredictable and explosive violence. 

From some of his tweets I gather that he is a wounded or recovering veteran who has been culturally marginalized. I think his ends (while vague--even to him) are positive and generally patriotic, but I suspect that his means are not impacted by the same legal and societal restraints that we would recognize and obey. Instead, he is subject to an idiosyncratic code that will allow him to neither forgive nor forget. And yet, he can be gentle (if approached from the front and in broad daylight).  

He probably has very little impulse control and is generally armed in a manner that would make even a routine traffic stop a potential blood-soaked adventure. If he is college educated (which I doubt) I am guessing ECU, VCU or Wake Forest.

He could be anywhere from 35 to 55 years old. He has at some time been a central figure in a militia, para-military group or a reactionary book-club that does not vary far from the Tom Clancy catalogue. He might think of himself as a Christian, but I would be surprised if he celebrated Christmas other than to note its passing by lighting a single black taper in the kitchenette of his well-worn trailer. 

He believes that hard looks and straight talk get results. His father, while not a perfect man, was known throughout the county as being direct in speech and fair in dealing. PhiloMath has attempted to live up to his dead father's legacy, but finds himself increasingly frustrated in a world that no longer celebrates honor nor honors celebration. 

He is an anachronism. 

His vigil is lonely.

His is his own worst enemy.

He is PhiloMath.