{"id":5320,"date":"2017-01-16T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T20:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2017-01-16T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T20:10:14","slug":"on-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/general\/on-change\/","title":{"rendered":"on Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter who you are, you won’t enjoy this post.<\/p>\n

What is it about?\u00a0 It’s about a world changing for the worse, it’s about the abject failure of the US political system, and most important of all, it is about a turning point for humanity.<\/p>\n

My youngest daughter, Julia, asked me, “Why bother writing it if all it will do is make people angry?<\/em>”\u00a0 A guiding principle in my life precludes me from remaining silent the way far far too many of us will and are already doing, “All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.”\u00a0 <\/em>I already have a terrible struggle<\/a> believing I am a good man.\u00a0 Indeed, that statement isn’t quite true.\u00a0 I know I am not<\/strong> a good man and I have a terrible struggle keeping guilt at bay.\u00a0 That is how it should be.\u00a0 We should not receive a free pass from our conscience, for if we did then what purpose would our conscience serve?<\/p>\n

Divided we conquer, united we fall.<\/em>\u00a0 No, I didn’t make a typo, that is the way the political “elite” play with the minds of the electorate.\u00a0 Those in power and those struggling to get into power know the best way to stay or get there is to divide the voters.\u00a0 When we are divided, they conquer. When we are united, they fall.\u00a0 They divided us, and they have won again.<\/p>\n

We recently elected an example of all the most despicable traits humanity possess<\/a> rolled into a vile ball that goes by the name of Donald Trump.\u00a0 Only we didn’t – the Electoral College did that.\u00a0 The majority of Americans, myself included, did not vote for Donald Trump.\u00a0 Trump lost the democratic vote by around 2.9 million votes.\u00a0 Trump lost, but he is going to assume the role of President of the United States anyway.<\/p>\n

Is this democracy?\u00a0 No, it is not.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself how it is that some people’s votes are worth less than others?\u00a0 How is it that where we live determines how much influence our vote has?\u00a0 I wonder if anyone else sees the similarity between this abominable fact and the early days of the US Constitution, in which certain people were counted as only three-fifths of other people?<\/p>\n

Let me be clear.\u00a0 I did not vote for<\/strong> Hillary Clinton, I voted against<\/strong> Donald Trump.\u00a0 Like the vast majority of Americans I am sick of the “politics as usual” spew both political parties ram down our throats.\u00a0 I am tired of the divisive nonsense that rears its ugly head every election year.\u00a0 Was I enamored with Hillary Clinton?\u00a0 Not by a long chalk.\u00a0 However from virtually the first time I saw him on television I have been utterly appalled by the nasty little man who will now assume the role of President of the United States of America.\u00a0 In my personal life I don’t tolerate erratic vacillating liars, braggarts, racists, sexists, bullies, or bigots – and as evidenced by the spew that constantly issues from his own mouth Donald Trump is all of those, and worse.<\/p>\n

How about Hillary Clinton?\u00a0 Let me put it this way.\u00a0 I read a lot of propaganda that alienated me against her {it now turns out a significant portion of that propaganda originated from Russia}.\u00a0 However every time I saw her on television I saw a consistently thoughtful, considerate and polite person, with whom I often did not agree.\u00a0 To me it soon became obvious that the “evidence” against Clinton was allegation, misdirection, and blatant propaganda.\u00a0 I ultimately realized there is an enormous difference between hysterical allegations made by biased people, and evidence that pours out of a bigot’s mouth – ugly and plain enough for everyone to see.<\/p>\n

Trump continues to condemn himself with the horrible, abhorrent things he says.<\/p>\n

As for those of you who voted for this despicable monster?\u00a0 You don’t<\/em> get a pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can’t brush your choice aside by saying, “I’m not like the small group of racists at Trumps rallies.<\/em><\/strong>”\u00a0\u00a0 You heard and saw Trump inciting racial, religious, and sexual bigotry multiple times, yet you still voted for him – therefore you are<\/strong> like them.<\/p>\n

You can’t allege Trumps democratic loss by around 2.9 million votes is “Sour grapes from sore losers.<\/em><\/strong>”\u00a0 Those are definitive votes cast by people who should have an equal say in the election of their President, however they don’t.\u00a0 If you say those votes shouldn’t count equally, then you have abandoned the guiding principle of democracy.<\/p>\n

You can’t allege “voter fraud<\/em><\/strong>“, because if such a thing truly exists then logic asserts that as much of said voter fraud will exist on both sides of the political divide.<\/p>\n

Let me me ask you some simple questions.\u00a0 Would you leave someone like Donald Trump alone with your wife or your female friend?\u00a0 What would you do if you discovered your boss habitually sexually assaulted your fellow workers, while blowing off\u00a0 his behavior as “locker-room talk<\/em>“?\u00a0 Would you stand by and do nothing as a vindictive bully attacked people and principals you respect?\u00a0 Would you want someone like Donald Trump for a friend?<\/p>\n

I think your answers to those questions say an enormous amount about your character.\u00a0 I wonder if you’ll still be able to convince yourself you’re a good person when you realize you voted for the precise opposite of a morally decent one?\u00a0 I wonder if you’ll be able to open your mind enough to realize what you have done, and where it leads not only the United States, but the entire world.\u00a0 I wonder.<\/p>\n

Does Donald Trump deserve a chance?\u00a0 Since he has already squandered multiple chances, he does not.<\/p>\n

Remember, all it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.\u00a0 <\/em>Staying silent about Donald Trump’s abhorrent behavior, is doing nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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