As children are separated from their parents at our borders,
as Trump prepares to add another conservative to the Supreme Court, as the tariffs
begin to backfire, as unemployment begins to rise, as interest rates begin to
rise, as our allies turn more and more against us, as it has become OK to
attack anyone who is different or thinks differently, as prejudice and misogyny
become acceptable, as key leadership roles are doled out based on who you know
and not what you know, as we return our policies and practices to the 1950’s, and
as the wealthiest of Americans grow ever more so, it occurs to me we have not
as a nation stopped to thank those who continue to support this President and
praise those supporters for their accomplishments. So this is my salute to Trump supporters.
First, congratulations on your decision to be born in the
United States of America. The number of
people world-wide who did not make this decision vastly outnumber those of you
who chose so wisely. You are to be
commended. Further congratulations
should go to Trump supporters whose lineage does not include any immigrants and
were obviously placed here by God on the 6th day.
Congratulations that you chose to be born an Anglo. The number of people in our country who did
not make this decision are our fastest growing segment, so you are to be commended
for making this choice as well.
Congratulations that you chose to be born to an
English-speaking family. So many
Americans did not make this decision and continue to be handicapped in our
country by their language skills. Once
again, you chose wisely and are to be commended.
Congratulations that you chose to be raised in a “Christian”
family, or that you have had a “born again” experience. It is not everyone who is able to claim
Christianity while supporting anti-Christian policies and for your mental
ability to do so should earn you praise and recognition. Further, your ability to support Supreme Court
decisions and enacting laws and policies that make your particular religious
beliefs the law of the land is equally remarkable considering one of the fundamental
values of this country. It is truly
remarkable that you can simultaneously claim Christianity and patriotism when
your beliefs are the antithesis of both.
Congratulations that you chose to be born a male. That is clearly a stellar decision and
positions you for all sorts of perks that women do not receive. And congratulations if you did not choose to
be born a male but as a woman chose to support male hegemony, misogyny and use
of women as sex objects. That is a
remarkable mental and emotional position to hold and few women world-wide are
able to be so submissive. You are to be
commended.
Congratulations to all Trump supporters who clearly support
making profit over protecting the only planet we have and the humans that live
here. Non-Trump supporters cannot understand
why we would allow oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and the like to do
what they wish despite the evidence that it harms us all. Non-Trump supporters cannot understand why
protections for workers in the work place should be decreased because it helps
profits. Non-Trump supporters cannot
understand how our nation can fund Trump’s properties and a military parade, but
not fund aid to American citizens in Puerto Rico and cure deadly drinking water
in Flint. Once again, the ability of
Trump supporters to support such policies is well beyond anything non-Trump
supporters can understand.
Congratulations to all gun-loving Trump supporters who are
able somehow to witness 154 mass shootings in 2018 and believe that we do not
need more restrictions on gun purchases despite the evidence that such
restrictions work. It cannot be that
Trump supporters support killing innocent people, and yet their ability to
oppose anything that might reduce such horror is intellectually beyond the
understanding of non-Trump supporters.
Congratulations to all Trump supporters for the fact that
you have achieved a rarefied intellectual position whereby you can support a
liar, a racist, a misogynist, a con man, a narcissist, and a person ignorant of
economics, US history, US traditions, our constitution and our fundamental
human rights and somehow think this is best for our nation. Few non-Trump supporters can even begin to
grasp how you are able to do this so it is, in fact, a rarefied position. The ability to live with such cognitive
dissonance is beyond most other Americans and you should be commended for such.
Congratulations to all Trump supporters who have helped
establish that whites rule, conservatives rule, men rule, the rich rule and big
business rules instead of a government of all the people, by all the people,
for all the people. You should be proud.
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