The Insurrectionist...Part 2

I called Mad Max again. He told me last week he attended the Insurrection. Honestly, I don't know whether to believe him or not:

"I think your giving me a line about being at the Insurrection. Send me some proof. I am starting to agree with Randy, you are all talk and no action.

"What did I tell you last time we talked? I can't send you anything or post anything because the Feds are breathing down everyone's neck about it."

"You didn't do anything wrong. You said you and the guys you were with stayed behind the barriers. All I want you to do is send me a picture or video proving you were there. I'm too old to take your word for it. Send me some proof and then I won't ask about it again."

"I was there motherfucker. You're starting to piss me off with your implications. Don't question my integrity?"

"Well then show me some proof," adding again, "I will shut my mouth up about it when I see some proof."

"What did I tell you asshole? The Feds are breathing down everyone's neck & I don't need the hassle."

"If you stayed behind the barriers you did nothing wrong. The Feds don't give a shit about that. The people who actually stormed the capitol are the ones' they're looking for. Until you show me some proof I will have doubts about you even being there. It sounds to me you are making the whole thing up in an attempt to look cool."

"I was there," anger in his voice evident, "You are starting to piss me off. Are you calling me a liar? It sounds like you are."

"I'm not calling you a liar Mad Max. It's just I am a doubtful man nowadays. I have to be because I've been burned too many times. If you want to sell your Insurrection story to me you must prove it. I'm past taking your word for it."

"My word is all you are going to get asshole," adding angrily, "I was there rallying for the soul of this nation while your fat worthless ass was sitting at home stuffing cookies into your bloated face. I don't have to prove a thing to you."

"Yes you do," interrupting his rant, "If you want me to believe you were at the Insurrection. Until then I am holding your claim suspect. Do you understand?"

He's too old and lazy to get involved; or maybe he's not. He's been preaching about a time like this for as long as I can remember...I'll give him that. Still, he has to prove it definitively or I ain't buying. Until he does I consider him a wannabe.