Yesterday, Dianne said something like the one good thing about a Trump Presidency is that it makes each day seem like a month, each week more like a year, he is prolonging our lives. It is true but I am very tired.
I am tired of having to explain facts are not up for debate. There are things that just are. There aren't two sides to facts. (Despite what lawyers might say) Be it a crowd size at an inauguration or referencing events that didn't happen, some things are not debatable. I am tired of people trying to explain away reality in favor of a President who has a passing relationship with it. When a spokesperson for the President of the United States says that there are alternative facts (which we know means lies) she is creating a Lingua Tertii Imperii. A Trumpian world view full of propaganda and nonsense. Intoxicating to his core supporters.
I am tired of having to argue against people that Roy Moore is a bad guy. Seriously how low is the Republican party willing to go to support this guy. Twice removed from the bench for violating the Constitution, he continues to promote ideas so far outside the main stream they might be illegal in other countries. He has said that the country was better when slavery was legal. He, in violation of the Constitution, wants to ban Muslims from serving in public office. He believes homosexuality should be outlawed. Oh and he is credibly accused of child molestation and wanting to date high school girls when he was in his thirties. The later he didn't really deny. There is evidence that he was watched for his bad behavior around teen girls and maybe even banned from a mall. He may become a Senator in the US Congress. How is it possible that he is being supported by so many and why would a sitting President strongly endorse him?
I am tired of explaining why America wasn't great when black people where considered second-class citizens. Seriously, there is a rising voice, like Moore's, who long for the good old days when blacks were either slaves, under Jim Crow or getting beaten for demanding their rights as Americans. The President's support for White supremacists and his bringing into the inner circle of power people who have these beliefs is disgusting and it is exhausting to have to stand against it.
I am tired of watching smart people try to explain away nonsense from elected officials. This can be infuriating. People I respected have done the kind of mental stretching that would make Plastic man proud. I truly wonder at times how they sleep at night.
I am tired of having to fight the battles that I thought were settled before. While hate-groups and their allies have been around forever, they were kept in check in the last 2 decades. President Trump's rise has given a sense of power to anti-woman, anti-Islam, anti-Jewish, anti-Gay, and so many other hate-based organizations as sense of support. We watched in horror as Nazis marched in American cities and killing a counter-protester in Charlottesville and the President thought there were good people on the side of the Nazis.
I am tired of having to call my representatives so often because they are trying to do something horrible. It seems weekly there is another attack on the very foundation that makes our country great, the idea that together we create a social network with the help of government so we can all live and many more thrive. I am all for free market economies but the rules have allowed some to take extreme advantage of the weakest in our society. Over the Obama administration laws enacted were to help stand in the way of that and now they are being dismantled. In fact recently a fine to Wells Fargo for, and let me be clear, creating false accounts in their client's names, to pad numbers and collect bonuses, only to charge the new costs back to the clients who, the stole their identity is being rolled back by this administration. To me, this is the highest level of evil.
I am tired that every morning I feel like I have to check the following:
I am tired of having to explain facts are not up for debate. There are things that just are. There aren't two sides to facts. (Despite what lawyers might say) Be it a crowd size at an inauguration or referencing events that didn't happen, some things are not debatable. I am tired of people trying to explain away reality in favor of a President who has a passing relationship with it. When a spokesperson for the President of the United States says that there are alternative facts (which we know means lies) she is creating a Lingua Tertii Imperii. A Trumpian world view full of propaganda and nonsense. Intoxicating to his core supporters.
I am tired of having to argue against people that Roy Moore is a bad guy. Seriously how low is the Republican party willing to go to support this guy. Twice removed from the bench for violating the Constitution, he continues to promote ideas so far outside the main stream they might be illegal in other countries. He has said that the country was better when slavery was legal. He, in violation of the Constitution, wants to ban Muslims from serving in public office. He believes homosexuality should be outlawed. Oh and he is credibly accused of child molestation and wanting to date high school girls when he was in his thirties. The later he didn't really deny. There is evidence that he was watched for his bad behavior around teen girls and maybe even banned from a mall. He may become a Senator in the US Congress. How is it possible that he is being supported by so many and why would a sitting President strongly endorse him?
I am tired of explaining why America wasn't great when black people where considered second-class citizens. Seriously, there is a rising voice, like Moore's, who long for the good old days when blacks were either slaves, under Jim Crow or getting beaten for demanding their rights as Americans. The President's support for White supremacists and his bringing into the inner circle of power people who have these beliefs is disgusting and it is exhausting to have to stand against it.
I am tired of watching smart people try to explain away nonsense from elected officials. This can be infuriating. People I respected have done the kind of mental stretching that would make Plastic man proud. I truly wonder at times how they sleep at night.
I am tired of having to fight the battles that I thought were settled before. While hate-groups and their allies have been around forever, they were kept in check in the last 2 decades. President Trump's rise has given a sense of power to anti-woman, anti-Islam, anti-Jewish, anti-Gay, and so many other hate-based organizations as sense of support. We watched in horror as Nazis marched in American cities and killing a counter-protester in Charlottesville and the President thought there were good people on the side of the Nazis.
I am tired of having to call my representatives so often because they are trying to do something horrible. It seems weekly there is another attack on the very foundation that makes our country great, the idea that together we create a social network with the help of government so we can all live and many more thrive. I am all for free market economies but the rules have allowed some to take extreme advantage of the weakest in our society. Over the Obama administration laws enacted were to help stand in the way of that and now they are being dismantled. In fact recently a fine to Wells Fargo for, and let me be clear, creating false accounts in their client's names, to pad numbers and collect bonuses, only to charge the new costs back to the clients who, the stole their identity is being rolled back by this administration. To me, this is the highest level of evil.
I am tired that every morning I feel like I have to check the following:
- Is reality up for debate?
- Did another racist, homophobe, misogynist, etc get access to the President or appointed to a position of power?
- Are there Americans being disenfranchised by actions of party who doesn't seem to care?
- Are we at war with someone new?
- Did the President say something on his Twitter feed that will make the world unsafe for some or all of us.
So many other things could be added to this list. Exhaustion washes over us and there is a worry that we will run out of steam. November of 2018 is coming. We have to save our strength and we can change the political landscape. Let's lean on each other when we need the support.
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