I fell down the Trump hole again today. Lately, while I've written quite a bit about the Trump's team's deadly, heinous behavior, I've not let it obstruct the good work I've been able to do. But today, with Thanksgiving on the horizon and the many, many deaths and life-upsetting events occurring on the news and in our lives, I simply fell down that hole.
I can't stand the way the #trump team plays us day after day with their lies, manipulation, and disgusting self serving conspiracy theories and activities. I can't stand the fact that I paid 60X what Trump paid in taxes and he uses our hard earned tax money as his slush fund to prop up his wealth, power, privilege, and pleasures. I hate the way that he and his disgusting, cowardly, cheating colleagues oppress everyday-people day after day after day. It's disgusting.
Yet he persists--he's like the sore on your body that just won't heal--it's a constant pain, worry, and weight. How can we rid our country of such an oppressive force--what can we do?
I also worry about the Trump supporters who see him as the hero of the downtrodden--the man, who like them, resist society's desire for people to be civil, hard working, educated, and kind. I read Facebook postings by a Trump supporter recently--the posting were filled with sick jokes condeming almost every person in society. I know this person has been one who has a low paying job, troubled children, and less-than-popular standing in society. At his base, this is a person with good qualities, but he's given in to life's sicker, prejudiced, corrupt side rather than act with civility, kindness, and a will to build better rather than destruct.
It's time now though to rise from this sewer hole that is Trump's world of crooks and criminals--awful people who spend their days bringing us down and using/abusing us for their own gains. Time to do the good possible.