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The Angry White Voter Is on The Move

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq
Guest Column

     It is more than just a plain ol' case of angst. It is more than just frustration. It is more than just a "phase".

     It is on the seismic meter scale of a crashing nine out of 10. A political tsunami would be the polite way to say it in mixed racial company.

     It has been building since Brown v. Board of Education and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 


Lafe Tolliver, Esq

     Its tentacles have reached into practically every state house and now infests a cowardly but determined Congress and a spasmodic nation that is feeling the ground shift and tremble under its feet.

    The groundswell is building and building and promises to erupt into a cathartic roar if the midterms turn the Congress blue and that newly colored Congress attempts to impeach or remove its darling hero and cult like figure, Donald Trump.

     In a nutshell, many, many white folks are mad and they are not taking it anymore! And what is the "it?"

    The "it" refers to any people of color (including babies and infants and young teens) who try to grab a hold of the American Dream for themselves via either seeking legal asylum or illegal entry into these distraught United States.

     The roar you hear at any Trump rally is the cry of the angry white voter who is feeling empowered by the racial and racist antics of Donald Trump.

     Now, certain white people no longer have to feign or fake it when it comes to their animosity towards anything darker than a snowflake. Donald Trump has given them implicit and explicit permission to come out in the open and

display their phobias of racial animus; and if that animus includes taking brown infants from their crying mothers, well...so be it.

      For the Trumpettes, such brutality and injustice against brown families is collateral damage to the bigger plan of they not even thinking about coming to the United States unless they have a PhD, a medical degree or are engineers.  In other words, send us the crème de la crème and we will greet you with open arms.

      But, if you are tired and poor and without funds and do not have a sufficient grasp of the English language, the word to you with a balled fist is, "Stay Out and Stay Away!"

     The recent charade at the Mexico and US border is only a harbinger of things to come when it regards people of color and that includes black people.

     Donald Trump has already aligned himself with Neo-Nazis and has denigrated all African nations to shithole countries and has labeled all Haitians as having AIDS.

     Herr Trump has repeatedly shown America and the world that he is not kindly attuned towards anyone who color (black or brown) make up the majority population of the non western world.

     When you see the shenanigans at a Trump rally and view the faces of his supporters, you quickly get the feeling that you would not be welcomed at such places and you could be a target for some yahoo who would see it as his or her white nationalistic duty to put a lump upside your nappy head.

      Herr Trump foments discord and chaos. That is what he is good for and that is what he seemingly enjoys...to rile up his base with lies and falsehoods that they will only believe what comes out of his fact defying fog machine.

      His recent pick for the Supreme Court ostensibly shares a view of the law that dove tails with Trump's view regarding presidential powers and that is the reason he was selected.

      Trump's white base including over 80-percent of those who identify as white Christian evangelicals have no qualms in swallowing his lies and at the same time trying to ease their indecision regarding his abhorrent moral behavior as saying that they elected a president and not a minister to the White House.

     Unless you are able and willing to understand how and why so many white evangelical Christians can be double minded, you would have to accept the premise that all that say that they are Christians are not in fact Christians but in name only.

     Trump is attempting to get the feckless GOP and his rabid supporters to throw off all restraint and to have him alone feed them his diet of what is right and what is wrong and if someone contradicts what he says, they are to be deemed as "Fake News!"

      This is how despots take power. They cut and divide and lie and shade the truth and denounce those institutions and personalities that say "No!" to his extreme views and aberrational thinking.

      The angry white voter who put Trump in office is totally clueless as to the harm that Trump's policies are affecting his bottom line and quality of life but for reasons that defy common sense and logic, he is happy with his choice and will treat at the enemy anyone who says a word or two against his champion.

      Democracy is a fragile butterfly that requires constant protection and nourishment from its defenders so to enable it to thrive and prosper. Anytime anyone of a malevolent nature attempts to swat the butterfly because of their own internal demons, the protectors (the media, informed voters, an engaged Congress, The Supreme Court) must rally and depose any upstart despot who is spoiling for a fight.

      The many angry white voters have been taken for ride by Herr Trump and until they come to their senses and understand that they are only pawns to Herr Trump for his own nefarious goals, America will remain in gridlock and a national community will suffer long term damages.

Contact Lafe Tolliver at tolliver@juno.com

 

   
   


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Revised: 08/16/18 14:12:11 -0700.


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