Oh I didn't say they were subhuman. There are plenty of humans that are just flat out stupid. And a lot of them have rallied to Trumps banner.
And I refuse to accept some wishy washy concept of moral relativism to excuse their activity. A man stood on stage during our presidential debates and said he would "keep us in suspense" about whether he would accept the results of the election.
I refuse to accept that, and I refuse to excuse the acceptance of that.
Now, that said. I'm not saying that we should wash our hands of these people. They are citizens and, ironically, they represent a great need in our country, a need our government, and our people, should recognize and look the remedy.
Some of this comes from the idea that American exceptionalism is an entitlement, and that is in my opinion a terrible lie that has been perpetrated over the last few decades. Yes, America is a great country, but that greatness isn't something we're born with and guaranteed. It's something we get up for every day and we fucking EARN IT.
That's the lie Trump feeds people. He tells them that our greatness was an entitlement that was stolen.
Bullshit. Our greatness is an achievement that we are no longer earning. There is a very real difference there. Our greatness comes not from our government, but from our people. And the people that proudly proclaim for Truml do NOT represent our greatness, they represent the growing weakness of our country. And we need to address it.
And we need to address it in our schools. We need to address it in our homes. We need to stop giving people participation trophies for the simple fact of being lucky enough to be born white and American. You want to be successful? Do something about it.
We need to stop pretending that "truth" is a matter of belief. Because guess what, 50 million Elvis fans CAN be wrong. He's dead and rotting and yeah, no matter how much you want it to be otherwise maybe you SHOULD listen to the cacaophony of highly trained and specialized scientists who are screaming that global warming isn't a hoax from China.
We need to help these people, we need to wake them up to reality and get them to start pulling their fucking weight. And maybe it's too late for them. But by Jove we will stop their children from filling their cement filled shoes.
Ok rant over.
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