Re: Sad to read this
Munawar, thank you. I'm glad somebody else gets it.
Someone else suggested that Biden wants democratic socialism. Uh...no, he doesn't. He just wants to maintain the old status quo, for the most part. Biden is really not very far left of center, and I don't expect sweeping changes under his leadership. What I hope for is slow progress toward days when Americans are no longer allergic to democratic socialist ideas, because hoping for fast progress is just nonsensical at this point.
I also want to point out that folks don't lose friends or closeness with family over politics. They lose them over morality. Let me spell this out really, really clearly.
If you vote for Donald Trump, or encourage others to vote for Trump, you are either directly or indirectly in support of the following:
1. tax breaks for the rich
2. systemic racism
3. further subjugation of the poor and disabled
4. dictatorship
5. the removal of LGBTQ rights
6. the removal of women's rights
7. lies and deliberate misrepresentation
8. anti-vax and anti-science
9. religious persecution against non-Christians
10. unwanted and unsought military intervention into other countries
11. further abuse from law enforcement
12. ignorance of the environment in favour of "jobs"
13. xenophobia
14. gross human rights violations
15. convenient amendments to legislation meant to support individuals with disabilities
I could go on, but that's pretty illustrative on its own.
Trump is on record saying, doing or supporting every single one of those points. Every. Single. Fucking. One. So if you support Trump, then you are saying that you are in favour of all of these things, to one degree or another. There is incontrovertible evidence that Donald Trump is in favour of all of these things, based on what he has done while in office; if you decide to cast your vote to support him, then you are hoping and planning for more of the same.
And if you are one of these people who wants to continue this legacy for America, then I don't reject you based on your politics. I reject you based on your morals. You don't like it? Cry me a fucking river, because I don't care. If the mask fits, bloody well wear it. You don't get to pick and choose here. You know that Trump considers himself beyond the law and above reproach. You know that if re-elected, he will continue doing what he's already done. Don't kid yourself into thinking that maybe some of the worst aspects of his presidency - if indeed you can even bear to criticize it in the first place - are now behind him, and that he'll clean up his act. He won't. No one can make him do so except by removing him from his position of power. He's already proven this in spades. You gave him four years, and he has nearly destroyed your country. If after all of this you still support him, then your morality has taken a vacation somewhere, and I have no respect for you on these points. You've lost that proverbial seat at the table by deciding that those fifteen things, and more, matter more to you, to your friends and family, and to your country than does the welfare, safety and livelihood of hundreds of millions of people. You want to characterize it as folks flipping out over politics? Cram it. It's folks flipping out because it turns out that a whole pile of Americans actually think those fifteen broad standards are admirable, and just what the doctor ordered. If that's the way you feel, then as far as I'm concerned, I'm no longer obligated to treat you as if your opinion on these subjects actually matters anymore, because it doesn't. Come back to reality; then we'll talk.
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