Keith
Olbermann is running a pod cast on GQ call The
Resistance. I am absolutely deflated
and disgusted by the results of the Presidential election. But I am also old and in the last years of
my life, so perhaps I look at things differently.
The outrage
is in me; but we need to recognize that the actual root of our anger is not
Donald Trump and the political whores of the Republican party; it is not
something that we can defeat with outrage.
Fifty percent of this nation vehemently
supported and defended the racist, homophobic, misogynistic and inappropriate
views of a Donald Trump. These people
are poorly educated, mostly religious, and get their information from right
wing radio and TV shows and from churches and religious communities of like
mind.
The goal cannot
be to subjugate fifty percent of the nation to our views through bluster,
criticism and outrage.
I am not
saying we should not loudly complain and decry every loss of liberty that will
result during the Trump Presidency; but we should recognize that what has
happened has long term effects and the problem is greater than one man and one
Party.
The
solution, if there is one, is to better educate children – support education
beyond high school; aggressively confront religious ignorance wherever it exists;
continue to decry intolerance and get involved in local politics.
The nation
is divided. Ignorance and religion have now usurped control. There is no quick
fix – the damage is done.
Liberals must
become more demonstrative. Blogging is
easy, but we must also regularly publish in the editorial section of newspapers
and on line news outlets; we must become active and vocal at city and town and
county and school board meetings.
Our object
should not be confrontation with half the population, but questioning policies
and seeking compromise.
The results
of a Donald Trump Presidency will last for decades. If this Nation is to return to some form of a
Liberal Democracy, it will be through long term efforts of liberal people to systematically
confront religious ignorance and social intolerance; and to become involved politically
and to ensure that their children and grandchildren are properly educated.
the Ol’Buzzard
You're right that there are no short-term solutions.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote: These people are poorly educated, mostly religious, and get their information from right wing radio and TV shows and from churches and religious communities of like mind.
ReplyDeleteDo you really think there are not a lot of people who saw the choices as a corrupt & proven incompetent professional politician who was representing the established ruling elite and a billionaire who has always done what he wanted (however crude you may think that is) and threw up a little before they made their choice?
The powers running our society gave us very poor choices this time...
Just to set the record straight Sir, I do not listen to hate radio & never have. I'm not religious & never have been.
I see the big problem we have is this country is that we have forgotten how to compromise.
I looked up the word elitist. Not being an educated person (one of the labels applied to me because I did not like the way the last 16 years have gone) I wanted to make sure I had the meaning correct. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/elitist
Rob didn't mean to piss you off. When I said poorly educated I meant that the extent of education doesn't matter - a person can go to college and even get a graduate degree and if they come out still denying climate change and believing in Noah's ark they are poorly educated.
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If we can ever get passed all the bullshit & remember how to compromise things will get better.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP did a fine job over the last 30 years of making sure everyone hated and distrusted Hillary. Even if the shit doesn't stick, you can still bury them in it if you throw enough of it fast enough. Had a woman replaced a black man in the Oval office, the Republican tiny heads would have exploded. Hillary was establishment as was Obama and Bill. What she was not was crooked nor dishonest.
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