Let’s jump right into it.
Amidst all this apocalyptic talk, I believe we are doing
ourselves a great disservice. We are
allowing ourselves to be governed by our irrational fears. I’m hearing talk of WWII internment camps, rise
of fascism, and mass deportations. How are we any different with our extreme
depictions of the future than the other side who rallied around an impending Armageddon
due to guns being confiscated by big government, attacks by terrorist
immigrants, and the replacement of the US constitution with Shariah law.
Breathe people.
Let us put things in perspective.
America didn’t suddenly transform into Nazi Germany
overnight. The vast majority of Americans still support womens/minorities/gay
rights, acknowledge climate change, and even believe that immigration helps the
country.
Trump did not win because of his hate-filled
platform. He won despite it. It just goes to show you how frustrated
people have become with status quo politics – which is exactly what Hillary
stood for.
At the same time, are we so naïve to believe that the
sentiments publicly expressed by Trump didn’t exist in the minds and hearts of
millions of Americans? Didn’t the racist police exist during Obama’s
presidency? Haven't islamophobic incidents occured throughout the past 8 years? Weren’t
countless drone attacks on Muslim countries overseen by Obama?
Some will counter that never have such vile remarks and beliefs
been uttered from a presidential platform.
Are you suggesting that the likes of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
and their neo-con cabal had any lesser vitriolic beliefs? They led us into two devastating wars, instituted
a surveillance state like no other, laid the groundwork for the 2008 financial
meltdown, and so much more, but since they never expressed racist or misogynistic
sentiments, our sensibilities were not sufficiently provoked.
How odd.
Also, can I say that I feel a sense of chicken coming
home to roost? No one batted an eye when
the benevolent Obama expanded his executive powers, failing to reign in the NSA
and the surveillance state. Obama apologists loyally turned a blind eye to
their leader’s unflinching support of Wall Street. Democrats stayed quiet at the
assassination of a US citizen (Anwar Awlaki).
So let’s get off our high horse in denouncing the
unacceptable and repugnant when it spews from Trump’s mouth, but happily
accepting when it’s packaged in the eloquent and soothing words of Obama. If
you want to make the argument that the sky is falling, try not insulting our
collective intelligence by claiming Trump’s victory is the catalyst. Obama’s eight years, as well as Bush’s eight
before him, sure helped bring about our current state of affairs.
Speaking of Obama…
Just like America didn’t get a racial panacea when
Americans voted in their first Black president, she won’t get a racist paradise
by voting in the first openly racist president.
200 years of American history has shown us one thing, namely the system has
been deliberately constructed to prevent major shifts in one direction or the other.
Obama’s two terms have shown us that one man does not a
government make. Regardless of how visionary and full of hope his promises
were, he was forced to work within the strict confines of the American
government. And so too must Trump.
Yes, I do believe there will be a temporary spike in hate crime.
Thugs and bigots will be emboldened to lash out and act upon their racist
tendencies. In response, minorities will have to put up their personal defense
mechanisms, in the same way Muslims do in the immediate aftermath of a
terrorist attack carried out by their co-religionists. They will have to
constantly look over their shoulders, keep their guards up, and hope for
the storm to pass. Eventually common sense will prevail, irrational fears will
subside, and the masses can go back to their viral videos and celebrity gossip.
Fear and all its associated, knee-jerk reactions have a necessary
role to play in our survival. Sure there are times when vigilance and paranoia
are necessary. But once we calm down and begin to use our rational faculties, I
believe we will all see through the haze of political fog that is impeding our
vision. And what we will see is that our fears and hatred are misplaced and our
enemy is not a Republican or Democrat.
Our enemy is the 1%.
Our enemy is the military industrial complex.
Our enemy is Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Oil,
and all other Big Industries.
Our enemy is crass materialism and its failed attempt to
fill our spiritual void.
Everything else is distraction and a sideshow.
5 comments:
If you live outside the United States or live in big cities or well educated affluent whites suburbia, or work for the US government or you are a minority person or a Muslim you believe that Donald Trump was elected by bunch of rednecks but if you live in small towns and rural America where majority of Americans live you elected:
• An outsider who will do something (tax Chinese products) about Walmart opening stores that decimate the local economy and manufacturing in America will be possible again as corporate big wigs realize they have to settle with less profit and may be just may be allow little trickle down to the middle class
• An outsider who will build a wall to stop the Mexican immigrants who are competing with the blue color workers in the service jobs such as construction and manufacturing.
• An outsider who will create massive jobs for blue color workers such as renovating airports, government buildings, bridges etc. Remember he compared US airports with Qatar airport!!
• Someone who will hire more police officers to drain the drug swamps in the inner cities
• They care less if he fondled ever lady in America or he stopped every Muslim or Mexican coming to the country, it simply does not matter to them, what matters is putting food at the table and that is a good motivation and fear that takes them to the polls to vote.
So the truth is, he was not elected by bunch of rednecks alone but lots of people that voted for Obama last two times but did not see their pain and real fear addressed in a meaningful way because such a massive project spending by a US government Republicans would not have allowed for Obama but that is another story.
So just sit back and relax next four years, if Donald Trump delivers these promises, you got another four years of Trump, but if like Obama the establishments and powers that be chain him, he will go down another big disappointment to his core constituents.
Same system, different puppet. Will things ever change?
There are plenty of people who voted for Trump Because of all the racist things he said, not just in spite of it. I have met them personally. And there are others who voted for him for other reasons. The things he has said, the people he is appointing to senior positions in govt, and Obama now starting to institute an American version of the PREVENT program in the UK do not point to good future.
InshAllah I am proven wrong
Not every trump supporter is racist, but every racist is a trump supporter
Leave D. T. go about his presidential buisness and do your best to prove to his sympathizers that maybe he pushed too far. Recently, a Moroccan street vendor living in Italy found a wallet containing credit cards, cash,... on his way to the mosque. Well, he travelled 80 km to get to the person who had lost the wallet and gave it back to him. This created the buzz in Italy...
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