I Don’t Want to Get Involved

It’s Too Political

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Warning! Before you start reading this article I must warn you that it is of a political nature. If you are one of those people who don’t like to discuss politics and don’t want to get involved you better stop here, because it is about those Americans who would rather stick their heads in the sand instead of facing reality. Even though it is addressed to Americans it can also be addressed to the citizens of any country with a democratic form of government.

They “don’t want to get involved”.

In writing this article I realize that it will not garner much attention from people who shy away from any articles that “make them feel uncomfortable”about what is going on in this country. They “don’t want to get involved”. It’s much easier to read stories on self help and self improvement than those concerning the plight of minorities and those on the margins of society. The fact that people of color, immigrants, the poor, women and the LGBTQ community are slowly losing their rights and are being demonized doesn’t affect them. At least not yet!

Do these people really know the meaning of respect?

We all hear our neighbors and even family members say that they sometimes don’t like what our President is saying, but they have to “respect my President”! Do these people really know the meaning of respect? Did Trump show respect for the disabled reporter he mocked during the campaign? Did Trump show respect for the people of Africa when he called their homes “shithole countries”? Did he show respect for the people of Baltimore when he said it was a “crime and rat infested” city? Did he show respect for Elijah Cummings when he called him a racist? And does he show respect for people of color when he refuses to condemn white supremacists and bases his reelection campaign on dividing the country by stoking racial fears and hatred? So much for a man who shows no respect for others, unless they are in a position to financially or politically benefit him.

Trump has surrounded himself with wealthy sycophants whose only purpose is to praise him and bow down to his wishes.

Trump campaigned on a promise to drain the swamp and eliminate the pervasive and age old corruption in Washington. Has he done this? Of course not. He has filled his cabinet with millionaires and billionaires who are benefiting from the agencies they are sworn to serve. Trump has surrounded himself with wealthy sycophants whose only purpose is to praise him and bow down to his wishes. Cabinet secretaries such as Betsy DeVos, Ben Carlson and Rick Perry who are completely unqualified for their positions are actually working to destroy the very departments they head. Trump has even turned the position of Attorney General, the top law enforcement official of the country, into his own lawyer responsible for protecting the President at the expense of the Constitution and the American people.

Every weekend the American taxpayer pays for Trump’s golf outings at his resort in Florida,…

Trump has surrounded himself with members of his own family to act as top White House advisors and negotiators, with absolutely no qualifications whatsoever, except for being members of his family. His children continue to run the family business and profit from being members of his inner circle. The American taxpayer foots the bills for plane travel and Secret Service protection for his sons, as they travel worldwide promoting the Trump businesses. Official government business events, paid for by American tax payers, is conducted at Trump owned hotels and resorts, with Trump reaping the profits. Every weekend the American taxpayer pays for Trump’s golf outings at his resort in Florida, which have according to Newsweek, cost $102 million, just $12.7 million for the entire 8 years of Obama’s presidency!

…they are completely ignorant as to the reality of the situation in our country.

I get the most angry and frustrated when I hear people shying away from discussing Trump’s policies towards immigrants, legal and illegal, the LGBTQ community and non-Christians. First of all since they are usually brainwashed from only watching Fox News, they are completely ignorant as to the reality of the situation in our country. The same people who almost turn violent at the mere mention of the word abortion are silent at the treatment of young children at our southern borders. They remain silent when children die as a result of a lack of proper medical treatment or neglect at our own Border Patrol “concentration camps”. These same people panic if a young blond hair, blue eyed white child goes missing causing the issuance of an Amber Alert, but say nothing when little brown skinned children are separated from their parents. They also say nothing when migrant children are taken from their parents and given to Americans through adoption agencies owned by Betsy Devos, Secretary of Education.

They accept Trumps constant lying, misogyny, hatred, racism, bigotry and corruption,…

I also become angry with my fake Christian friends at the staunch support they give to a man who has had 3 wives and has cheated on all of them, even while one had just given birth to his son. They had no problem with condemning Michelle Obama for wearing a sleeveless blouse, while they praise Melania Trump for making a living as a nude model, working illegally on a visitors visa and marrying an old sugar daddy. They accept Trumps constant lying, misogyny, hatred, racism, bigotry and corruption, and paying off prostitutes , only because he has appointed supreme court justices and judges who will vote against women’s rights, abortion and gay rights. They applaud him for fostering religious liberty legislation that would legalize discrimination against the LGBTQ community, and eventually people of color and non-Christians while turning a blind eye towards his corruption and hatred.

What kind of bullshit is that?

When I try to point out to a few of my friends, no, acquaintances, that Trump’s policies towards the gay community are aimed at destroying me and my marriage, they respond by saying that it is against the teachings of the Bible to accept gay marriage or support gay rights, but in the same breath they say, as a Christian, they accept me as a human being. What kind of bullshit is that? If I don’t have the right to marry the one I love or have the right to work or live where I want or shop at the stores I want, what kind of a human being am I? When I respond with these questions, they say it is God’s way, whatever the hell that means. They should just honestly respond that it’s not God’s way, but their own insecurity, bigotry and hate; their own brand of Christianity.

The Klan has arrived!

I don’t hate Trump as much as I am angry at my fellow Americans. People did not suddenly become racists, bigots and fascists overnight. They have always been here, even though in the minority, but they have not had the vehicle to exercise their beliefs and agendas. Until now. With the election of Trump they have been given the permission to emerge from under the rocks and the shadows to enter the mainstream of American society. They have been legitimized by Trump and have usurped the identity of patriots. For the first time in ages they have a white supremacist President, a white supremacist political party and a white supremacist government. The Klan has arrived!

He has admired the way these leaders have subjugated and brutalized their own citizens,…

I am not only disappointed in some of my fellow countrymen, but I am worried for them, myself and for our country. I have seen our President cozy up to ruthless and murderous dictators and value their form of authoritarian government over our own Constitution. He has admired the way these leaders have subjugated and brutalized their own citizens, often times publicly wishing he could do it here. He has praised their brutal treatment of the press, while attempting to do the same here. While legitimizing these tyrants he has been actively destroying our age old allies who have stuck with us after both World Wars and after the bombing of the World Trade Center. He has not criticized Putin for interfering in our elections, for which he was the primary beneficiary in 2016 and he rejects any attempts to prevent the same from happening in 2020. He is even in the process of destroying our intelligence agencies, in favor of relying on our enemies, Russia and North Korea, as he is about to take complete control of our US spy agencies.

If Fox News doesn’t report it, it doesn’t exist.

As I have said above, not everyone will read this and not everyone will agree with what I have said. There will be some people who disagree with some of the points I made and call them “fake news”. Just like their cult leader Trump, they will denigrate anything that is not favorable to “fearless leader”. If Fox News doesn’t report it, it doesn’t exist. If it is said by a Trump opponent, that person is not a patriot and does not love America. I am not writing this to change the minds of those who blindly support Trump and his dangerous policies, as it is useless to reason with the members of his base. To them I am the enemy. I am different. I am a minority.

…they’ll come after you and there will be no one left to protest.

I am not writing this to bash Trump. I am writing this because I am afraid for myself, my community and my country. I am writing this in hopes of bringing a dangerous situation to light. If anyone has studied history or has talked to someone who has lived through the Holocaust, they know the danger we, as a country are facing. The similarities between the rise of Hitler and his Nazi regime and what’s happening during Trump’s administration are frightening. Those people who don’t like to discuss politics and who “don’t want get involved” are the same people who looked the other way when Hitler’s henchmen led the Jews and other minorities into the gas chambers. Hopefully they will get involved because after the LGBTQ people, after the Black and Brown people and after the non-Christians are taken, they’ll come after you and there will be no one left to protest.