Just A Few Thoughts

It’s been a while and although I haven’t had time to write, my brain is getting overloaded with thoughts and I’m afraid of an explosion…so.

·         I really hate when Republicans attack Democrats as the original party of racist hate, citing segregation and Jim Crow laws initialized by Democrats in the south as proof. All of this is true, but don't play dumb. They need to stop pretending like they don't know about the Republican Southern Strategy initiated by Nixon to lure Democrats to the Republican party after LBJ’s support of civil rights alienated the southern Dixiecrats. Cynical Republican racists welcomed their votes with open arms into the party for the rich and the stupid. They know very well that evil dead racists like Jessie Helms and Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party for the Republicans. They know that Confederate treason flags are not welcome at Democratic Party functions but are shamelessly flown by their fellow, treasonous Republican voters. Stop playing stupid.

·         I feel like the “this makes us feel bad” crowd is really just telling on themselves. They want to rewrite history and leave out details of America’s founding. You know, like that whole slavery thing, because it may make White people feel bad. If the truth about slavery makes you feel guilt rather than empathy or desire to make things better, then yeah, you're probably already a bigot. White-washing history benefits no one. Nobody’s saying that you’re responsible for the racist shit your ancestors did, but you are responsible for educating yourself, so you don’t repeat what they did.

·         In  2022, Ron DeSantis signed the "Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida which banned talk of sexual orientation and gender identity in public school classrooms up to 3^rd grade, later amended to 12^th grade. This opened the door for other states and jurisdictions to pass similar laws. Here’s the thing. If as a kid I read a story about Little Jimmy’s Adventures which presented the story of Jimmy, his mom and dad having a fun filled day at the zoo, it would never occur to me to ponder his parents sex life or what they did in bed. That would be sick and perverted right? So, what makes people think that when a child reads or is read the same story, except this time Jimmy has two dads or two moms, which a lot of kids today have, that it’s somehow not age appropriate. The idea of the sexual activity of Jimmy’s parents would never occur to me as a child. Age appropriateness is just a buzzword. If when you see two gay people and your initial response is to muse about what they do in bed, perhaps you have the problem. And by the way, marriage has always been and still is about two consenting adults agreeing to share their lives and responsibilities with each other. Nothing’s changed.

·         Trumpsters never question whether Trump is guilty or not but instead attack the DOJ, Jack Smith, talk about democrats weaponizing the system and deflect with Hunter Biden. He himself offers no defense but instead attempts to delay the process, harasses judges, District Attorneys, jurors, and the justice system in general. If he were as innocent as he claims, you would think he’d be rushing to get to trial to prove it.

·         Obama must be so jealous of Trump. The Marmalade Don has a huge lead in both indictments and impeachments. Obama had eight whole years and couldn't manage to get impeached or indicted even once. What a loser.

·         How did I miss when white people started knowing what Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted? They love to selectively quote him as if he were some hero to them. But let's be clear, not everyone cried when he died. There were those who hated and despised him. Those who preached from the pulpit that he was evil, going to hell, and that segregation was ordained by God. He was labeled a communist and a traitor. So, I can't help but be amused when these same people now try to use his words against us. My favorite is when they quote a portion of his "I Have A Dream" speech.  "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." In their revisionist history, he was some Kumbaya folk hero who only wanted his kids to be known for their character. This quote has been used over and over again in opposition to civil rights. They use it to imply that we should ignore systemic racism and economic inequality. Because, you know, for them it doesn't exist. They believe we live in some post racial society where everyone has equal access, and no one is denied or discriminated against because of race. After all, we elected a Black President, didn’t we? Yeah, right, the result of which led to the election of racist President Dumb Ass.

·         The price of gasoline is not controlled by the President but instead by the oil companies which are posting record profits. The stock market isn't controlled by the president either, but the feds raising the interest rate to slow inflation, doesn't help. The present administration has generated more jobs than Orange Foolius ever did and has done more for infrastructure and the everyday American as well. He has passed the Cares Act, Chips Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure and unemployment is at a multi-decade low. Republicans spend their time complaining and covering for Trump. They’ve had the house for almost three years and no legislation has been passed. They have no platform or ideas other than the projection of hatred. Joe Biden has done a more than credible job as President than the Mango Mussolini could have ever hoped to. The talks of ageism and asking him to step aside are baseless and an obvious attempt to help Benedict Donald by the people who elected an entertainer con-man as President.