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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