Stupid

Why won’t this man stop being stupid? Seriously, nobody says this much stupid shit without a gun to the head or at least a family member or their pet dog being held hostage or some shit. I’m beginning to think he’s really a robot programmed by aliens from outer space to continually say stupid things in an attempt to divert our attention away from an imminent alien attack. We’re all going to wake up one morning on space ships headed for a strange planet to be food for cannibal aliens who all look like Trump (shudders).

Ok, so I’ll try and make this short…no promises. The “many sides” statement from the orange President in response to the Bring Back Slavery rally last week in Virginia is absolute bullshit. There were not many sides there were two. Evil vs. Good. Period. On one side were people who wanted to “make America great again” by taking us back to a day when certain people “knew their place” and were subservient to them. On one side were people with torches, guns and carrying symbols of hate while shouting racial, religious, and anti-LGBT slogans. On one side were Neo-Nazi’s and the KKK terrorists proudly touting their belief that minorities are less than human and should be treated accordingly. On one side were White Supremacists masquerading as members of the local historical society demanding that we respect shit like monuments to slavers who literally went to war to continue owning people. And on the other side were protest groups, opposed to all of it. But Donald Trump sees many sides. For him there is no difference between those who want to pay tribute to and honor people who attempted to overthrow the government of the United States with force and violence and those who fought against it. He sees no distinction between groups like the NAACP and the Black Lives Matter movement and those nice people with a history of hate filled oppression and violent intimidation often leading to the lynching of Black folks…and he’s proud of it.

In a typical case of false equivalency often cited by his fellow racists Trump points out the fact that Presidents Washington and Jefferson owned slaves. Of course, this is not news to anyone who has studied American history and no one I know of has ever given them a pass just because they were presidents. In fact, Jefferson was a study in contradiction as he proposed federal legislation banning slavery in the New Territories and denouncing the international slave trade while continuing to own and refusing to free his slaves. So, no passes given.  But Trump for some reason sees absolutely no difference between monuments of intimidation erected in honor of those who waged a failed treasonous effort to hold and barter human beings like cattle and those that honor the founders of our republic.

One more thing. When black people protest, the cops pull out tanks, cannons, gas, rubber bullets, bean bag shotguns, helicopters, dogs, and everything short of the Death Star Super Laser and the Imperial Star Fleet (Ok, I’m a Geek at heart, what can I say). These racist assholes showed up with body armor, rifles, clubs and brass knuckles and for some reason the police decided then would be the perfect time to hang back and maybe grab a cup of coffee. If these had been Black protesters who showed up like that, they would have had the National Guard out literally busting heads and killing folks.

The day after the election I wrote and called out the bullshit of those claiming the campaign and election of Trump was about jobs and the economy. At this point it should be pretty clear what his election and presidency are all about. On Wednesday, the day after he doubled down on his many sides statement he received congratulatory messages from David Duke of the KKK, White Nationalist, leaders of the Alt Right movement and countless openly racist right-wing radio and television personalities. These are his supporters. Racists. Xenophobes. Bigots. In his campaign, he openly and shamelessly pandered to them. This man has spent decades fueling hate, bigotry and bias so if you voted for Donald Trump and believe yourself not a racist, then your ass is at the very least a racist enabler. Oh, and one more time. If you did vote for him or didn’t vote at all because you thought “Hilary was just as bad as Trump” again, fuck you.