I know the progressive left has lumped everyone who disagrees with them together and has decreed Trump their leader. How dimwitted.
I had hoped those who do feel differently would be more aggressive in their opposition. The Republicans certainly are not leading the way.
Someone, however, should be out there shouting at the top of their lungs that this is not acceptable in this country. It would preferably be a Democrat but then they are the ones most complicit. The Republicans tend to little more than run around in little tight circles ringing their hands.
The comments on social media have absolutely made my skin crawl. What kind of people are these and where did they come from? Who are their parents and what in the name of any almighty were they taught?
I can remember when Michelle Obama claimed she had never been proud of her country until her husband was running for President and she felt there was hope. Hope for what? What we have now? Don't tell me this was Trump's fault. It has been brewing all throughout the Obama administration and now that the Democrats have lost power it has erupted thanks to those like Bernie Sanders and Rachel Maddow who through their rhetoric spur on the hatred.
I can honestly say I've never been more ashamed of my country than I am now. That there is opposition to the President's agenda not because it's a bad one but because of who the President is. That all his supporters or at least those who feel some obligation to support the office he holds and the country he serves are called every name in the book. That the vile name calling and celebrity commentary is worthy of consideration. That someone can take aim at a Congressman with the intent to kill.
My Mom used to tell me she lived in the good old days. Well, so did I. Politics have always been sticky yet interesting to watch. No more. People used to be civil to one another regardless of their political leanings. Today it's disappearing even in small burgs such as the one in which I reside.
It's sad and demoralizing. How do we combat it? I have no idea. I feel it is just going to have to run its course. Maybe the shooting of a Congressman will jar some of his colleagues into thinking about the consequences of their behavior, their hate and fear mongering. However I doubt it because they are the cause of all the nasty discourse and it takes a certain type of person to perpetrate then condone it.
Will the pendulum ever swing back? Who knows. The people have already said enough but the Republican party couldn't come up with a credible candidate to counter punch the progressive left agenda. Of course the Democrats couldn't come up with an acceptable candidate either. So we have what we have.
Hate mongering and worse won't solve the problem for either side but will destroy the country. Then who will be proud? Only the powerful who call the shots. And it won't be for our benefit, but rather their own. Bet on it.
