I can’t even begin to express the anger I feel toward those who voted for Trump. Rural America and suburban America always vote against their own interests. They always fall for the ‘blame the national problems on ‘x’ group and be afraid of ‘y’ group. That’s the normal MO. That’s what got GW elected and we all know what happened during those 8 long years. Unfortunately, Americans have very, very short attention spans and the aforementioned Americans have very short attention spans and nonexistent world views. The also vote with their ill-gotten beliefs, opinions and theories that are based on myth or some un-reputable site on the Internet. This time, though, this time, they really did it. No one in the world thought that anything more stupid than the Brexit vote could happen until America elected Donald Trump (Juan Perón) as its next President and the lovely porn star Melenia Trump to be the First Porn Star of America. WTF! This is what follows 8 years for economic and social progress thanks to the Obama administration.
Sadly, the Republicans in power were too weak to stand up to his movement and say “NO! This is not acceptable and you, sir, are not an acceptable candidate.” We’re going with someone who’s actually qualified.” According to their rules, it was a viable option. But, as usual, it was easier to sit on their hands than it was to obstruct something vitally important to the American democratic experience. Sure, you’re going to piss off his movement and lose the election, but you save the soul of the party. There’s another election in four years. Even the fucking Christian conservatives sold their souls to him on a flimsy ‘god has anointed him and god can use anyone as a vessel.’ Again…WTF! He doesn’t even know what a church is, unless he owns it. His gods are money, power and family-in that order. Notice, country isn’t on the list. He doesn’t give a fuck about you or anyone else. He’ll only do things that benefit him and his family and their illegal slush funds, I mean foundations.
To the teeming under-educated masses, it’s not my fault that you only finished high school. It’s not my fault that you haven’t traveled beyond your own county or State. It’s certainly not my fault that you don’t know the difference between accurate information and garbage. Finally, it’s not my fault that you fear things you don’t understand and rather than learning about them, you try to obliterate them. It’s not my fault that you remain blissfully ignorant of the world around you. You see, while you were here hating a black President who was very successful and pulled us out of a great hole left by the previous Republican administration with poise and grace as Congress blocked him every step of the way-even to the point of treason-the rest of the world was flying by.
The problem is that now there are many other countries that are ‘greater’ than we are, especially since Trump is planning on turning the dial back 50 years of more. I’m a dual national, so I’ve lived both here and in Spain. They’re both great countries to live in, but I can’t say that the US is a greater country than Spain. They’re just two different countries. All but a couple of the Western European countries, Canada, many Central and South American countries, the UK, Ireland, Australia and a few Asian countries and also solid democracies and a great place to live. Just like the US, they have their issues just like we do. Patriotism is being proud of your country but also being able to see, discuss and resolve the problems within your country. You and your new leader are not patriots, you’re nationalists. They’re very different. We have no problems, you conduct witch hunts, you harass, assault and even kill those who don’t fit your definition of patriot or feel who don’t deserve to live in the US. There is no reasoning with you because reason means nothing to you. I’m bad. You’re good and that’s the end of the story.
So, here’s the bottom line and it’s not what you’ve rationalized in your little brains (Yes, I am talking down to you.) Trump won because exposed the soft underbelly of Suburban and Rural America and exploited it with everything he had, and he did a bang-up job. He promised to restore your White Privilege from a PC world. Where people once had to respect each other, now if you’re a WASP, you have carte blanc to say anything you want to anyone. People are doing it. The Cheeto is silent. If he wants to be everyone’s president as he claims, he needs to address this. As its going now, he’s giving tacit support to the criminal acts being committed.
Trump won because you didn’t want a mosque in your back yard. You don’t understand Islam, so rather that see it as a branch of Judaism, like Christianity, you label it evil and all who practice it are terrorists. You desecrate their mosques. You interfere with their prayers.
That excuses people pulling women’s hijab off their heads in public. We don’t want them dirty, nasty LGBTQ people around either. Not understanding that homosexuality is found in thousands of species across the planet. And having the arrogance to think that we are somehow a threat to you or attracted to you. There is no Gay Agenda. We’re born gay. We don’t convert and we’re not paedophiles. Hell, if it were a matter of nurture rather than nature, I’d be one of you troglodytes.
The illegals, the illegals, someone stop the hordes of illegals! Get a grip Mary! Border crossing are at their lowest point since GW destroyed the economy that our current President has salvaged. Deportations are up under the Obama administration. They’re not taking your jobs. They’re doing jobs that no American would ever think of doing for next to no pay, but it’s better than starving to death in Mexico. They’re not taking your benefits because they can’t under state, local and federal law. I swear, if I hear someone saw ‘anchor babies’ to me again, I’ll rip their throats out. A baby born within the US or US controlled areas is automatically a US Citizen, regardless of the status of his/her parents. The baby is eligible for assistance and healthcare under S-Chip, thank you HRC, but the parents are not.
And who the fuck do you think gives you the right to walk up to some woman and grab her v-jayjay? I’d have a can of pepper spray on you so fast you wouldn’t know what was happening. Once you were on the ground, the only thing you’d feel would be the sharp stabbing pain of my stiletto piercing through your ear into your tiny brain. I’d be fine. I’d just tell the officers it was self-defense. I feared for my life. I’d have no remorse or regrets. You have no right to violate another human being in that way, even if your Cheese Puff should be a registered sex offender.
You also think it’s a great day for a parade around the cafeteria with your TP signs. Chants of White Power (Privilege) and individual threats against other students in full view. You even think it’s a good idea to tell you fellow students that they and their families will soon be deported. You don’t know whether they’re born here, have residency or undocumented. They’re brown, not white, so they don’t matter.
Harassing a black woman to the point of tears with a gun pointed at her head is also on your agenda. The poor woman was simply getting gas and minding her own business, but no. A trio of Trump whack jobs approached her and started screaming at her calling her all sorts of horrible things and racial slurs with a gun pointed at the back of her head. She was too terrified to look around and just kept pumping gas with tears streaming from her eyes until they finally left, after the spat on her. Classy, no?
White Privilege, I know you don’t like seeing it or hearing it, will be a huge problem for the next four years. White privilege is being able to walk out your door at an time without fear of anything. You don’t worry about the police stopping you. You don’t have to worry about race in the job market. You don’t have to worry about much of anything because the system has been set up to prefer and protect you. You’ve never felt hate or discrimination in your lives, so you have no point of reference with the rest of us. Yes, the rest of us, I am white, but I am not extended the courtesies of White Privilege. I’m gay and people usually figure that out fairly quickly because I make no secrets of it. I made that decision when I started teaching high school at a heavily Latino school. Gay kids need to see that there are positive, successful role models. They’re not alone and they’re certainly not garbage. I was rough at first. I’ve been denied housing, medical care and jobs simply because they suspected that I was gay. When I walk out the door, I wonder, I’m I coming back home today or will there be some breeder who has a baseball bat with my name on it. I couldn’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been called a fag, or worse. I’ve been hit in the head with full beer cans while waiting to get into a club just because of who I am. I have never once seen a gay person yell ‘Yo fishmonger! And hurl a beer can at him.” We’re peaceful. We don’t do those sorts of things. You, however, have never felt this type of fear. You don’t know what it’s like to be less than human. Even if you think you thought you were marginalized, you don’t have any idea what that is like. “No fag. I don’t rent my apartments to queers.” “I’m sorry, I can’t let you in his hospital room. You’re not a relative. (They’d been together for 10 years.)” This never happens to you. You come and go as you please without a care in the world. However, for the rest of us, we have to be very aware of our surroundings and constantly assess the threat level. If it’s too high. We leave. Better safe somewhere friendly than hurt or dead somewhere hostile.
The whole situation is very sad. If we’re lucky, there will be many faithless electors and this grave error will be reversed. If it isn’t, I am present at the death of the United States of America. It has ceased to exist and I shall not mourn her. You were warned. Trump made absolutely clear what he was all about. You stood idly by as he attacked group after group after group. When he finally turns on you, I will not be there to give you a hand. You’ve bitten mine too many times already. All you had to do was educate yourselves. See the atrocities committed in the past by authoritarian, fascist dictators. Listen to his rhetoric and his praise for Putin. Listen to his lack of concern for hundreds of millions of Americans. Now that he has your vote. He no longer needs you. He’ll turn on you soon enough. You hold no profit for him. To those of you who are ‘christian’ and voted for him. I completely turn my back on you. You have no right or moral authority to speak of your dead god, should it have ever existed. You sold your soul to the devil and he’s already sold it to someone else. How does it feel to lose your soul? To the rest of the sheep, how does it feel knowing that ultimately, he’s not going to fill his campaign promises. He’s already changing and altering them. Trump will do what he wants to do. He always does what he wants to do.
Buckle up boys, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
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