“Heroes and villains
Just see
what you’ve done.”
Both the
Republican and the Democratic Conventions are now in our rear view mirrors, and
the contrast could not have possibly been more distinct. The DNC was a celebration of America. The RNC
was its wake.
Compare the
conventions, and it’s as if we witnessed electoral events of two completely contradictory
countries with very little, if any, similarities – two opposing realities, two
perceptions of politics, of good and evil, of values, of life and living. The
GOP of 2016 has much more in common with the Confederate States of America,
than it does the republic envisioned and designed by our founders; with a
leader owing more to Jefferson Davis than Thomas Jefferson.
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| Trump Presidential role model, Jefferson Davis |
The
Democrats hosted a proud, patriotic, flag-waving, optimistic proclamation of
the greatness of our country, our people and our ideals, with an exciting
vision of a positive and diversified population unified in its love of
liberty, equality, freedom and country. The Republicans presented an Aryan hate
rally, denigrating our great nation, belittling its people and painting a hopeless,
bleak portrait of the world and our place in it – all led by a weak,
thin-skinned, vengeful, uninformed, hate-filed, bigoted, authoritarian madman
and wannabe totalitarian strongman, proffering himself as the sole solution to
the many fictional dilemmas of a non-existent dystopian society. Trump shared
his singular view of America, that being, if you’re non-white, non-Christian,
non-native born, you are the cause of all of Mother Earth’s problems and you
are not, and will never be, a “true American.”
Meet Don J. Trump. His Boy Eric.
Daughter Ivanka. Melania his wife.
Here’s a
unique interpretation of this Fuhrer of Fifth Avenue - many generations of
Saturday Morning cartoon viewing Americans are familiar with a classic,
animated evil-doer by the name of Snidely Whiplash; may I suggest the unlikely
scenario that the Donald is the flesh and blood, living embodiment of this
cell-drawn demon, albeit, one who’s actuality accedes greater peril, with far
worse intent; while still being one-dimensionally cartoonish and sincerely
simpleminded, with a focus solely on inflicting severe damage on others, all in
the cause of self-aggrandizement, self-promotion and self-gain.
Yes, Trump
is the fiendish, mustache-twirling, dastardly devil who, upon having his
loathsome lustful advances spurned, lashes the young, lovely damsel in distress
to the train tracks. He’s the heartless landlord who gleefully evicts the poor widowed
senior from her home for a single late rent payment. He’s the cruel, orphanage
director who feeds his minor charges nothing but cold, lumpy gruel 3 times a
day. And I wonder, why do Republicans
not grasp this obvious and odious disposition? Is my worldview too sadly
dominated by repeated childhood viewings of the Little Rascals and Dudley
Do-Right?
Or perhaps,
just perhaps, the Trumpeters do sense this deeply embedded background and
foundation of pure, vile evil in their candidate, and rather than reject it, choose
to embrace it, and so share equal responsibility in the end of days that a
Trump Presidency portents and promises.
I'm afraid that the millions of us trying so
desperately hard to fight against Trump’s ascendance to power are actually
helping him instead. The sorrowful truth is that all of the things that reasonable
people find so repulsive in him - his misogyny, racism, ignorance, narcissism,
lack of any knowledge about our country, our history or our government, his
dozens of extramarital affairs, his sexual assaults, his non-stop onslaught of
lies, his draft dodging, his disparagement of veterans, POW's and the disabled,
his pure hatred for those not Caucasian, his text book sociopathic traits, are
the very things his supporters worship about him. They love to assert that he
speaks for them, so, the more we point out what an inhumane, worthless parasite
he is, the more we may actually be helping his malicious cause.
Republicans believe that everyone in the world is out
to get us and so we better get them first. We (real, thoughtful, genuine, flesh
and blood humans, that is) believe that the best is possible only when we are
united and come together in cooperation and harmony toward a common goal.
By the final, fetid, fascistic words of Trump's oration
of hate, fear and division, one felt covered in a foul filth that a million
showers could never expunge; yet, thankfully, the optimism, the American spirit
and the truths spoken by the participants at the DNC thoroughly cleansed us, as
only love, tolerance, unity and acceptance can.
The GOP makes heroes out of villains and villains out
of victims.
“Stand or fall I know there
Shall be peace in the valley
And it's all an affair
Of my life with the heroes and villains.”
Shall be peace in the valley
And it's all an affair
Of my life with the heroes and villains.”
Any
comments, questions, criticisms, candid confessions, cash contributions? Contact me at butchersaprons@mail.com.
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