[quote=zk]Most of these problems might not be my problems. I am nonetheless concerned for (at least) 3 reasons. Not in any particular order:
1) The people who voted for con man don are credulous and gullible, and they have brought this upon themselves. A lot of them voted for con man don because they’re afraid of the new culture of America, in which they’re no longer the preferred people. Which, in many cases, does make them racists and/or xenophobes. But they are humans nonetheless. They’ve been tricked and duped and lied to and manipulated. The racist ones were probably raised by racist parents. To let them be eaten by the wolves they were tricked into voting for seems like an inferior response to trying to educate them. Both for how their lives would turn out and for how the country would turn out. Yes, I know, they’re tough to educate. They’re stuck in their ways and stuck to their fox propaganda. Sure, it ain’t easy. Good things rarely are.
Now, if it was right-wing media who we were throwing to the wolves, I’d be all for it. I’d yell “fuck them” at the top of my lungs and I’d yell “take that, motherfuckers” at them as they were being eaten. I would raise my arms in triumph as the wolves shit out whatever disgusting brown remnants were left of them. They’re the ones that deserve our contempt and hate. They sold propaganda for money. They are ruining our country.
2) Even if it’s not my problem, it’s this country’s problem. I think this is a great country, and it would be bad for us and bad for the world if we failed as a country.
3) My daughter is 16 years old. God knows how much damage con man don craven congressional republicans could cause if nobody checks his power. I don’t want that kind of future for my daughter.[/quote]
Nothing to worry about. Our kids are more connected to the rest of the world than we are. I see this nothing more than some old grumpy, pissed off men in NoWhereville, America venting about how the world is changing around them, and they don’t like it. Your kids will be fine as long as you raised them to not fall into the same trap as they did. And if their kids are just as narrow minded and self-limiting, they aren’t going to get very far, and won’t be of significance in the 21st century… Less competition for my kid from them…Someone needs to continue to be at the bottom of the bell curve…
