Intro

It's time for a reality check ...

Maybe we’ve reached the point of diminishing astonishment.

But I suspect that much of what we’re hammered with every day really doesn’t make much of an impact on most of us anymore. We’ve heard the same stories too often. We’ve been exposed to the same issues for so long without any meaningful resolution. We recognize that reality is rapidly becoming malleable, primarily in the hands of whoever has the biggest microphone. How else can we explain a society where myth asserts itself as reality, based entirely how many hits it gets online?

We know that many of the “issues” as defined are pure crapola, hyped by politicians on both sides pandering to “the will of the people,” which is still more crapola. Inevitably, it’s not the will of all the people they reflect, but the will of relatively small groups of people with disproportionate political influence.

Nobody wants to face up to the realities of the issues. Nobody wants to say what’s right or wrong – even when it’s obvious and there are numbers to back it up. Most of us are afraid to bring up the realities for fear of being accused of being insensitive or downright mean.

So we say nothing. Until now.

It’s time for a reality check on the fundamentals – much of which is common knowledge to many of us, already. But it might be comforting to know you are not alone …

Friday, June 3, 2016

The new Brownshirts …

Love him or hate him, Trump has a right to speak. And his supporters have a reasonable expectation they will be able to attend his events and be safe. 

However, a loud and often violent group doesn’t agree. 

They’ve taken to protesting every Trump event, which is their right – the same right Trump has to air his views.  They’ve also taken to physically attacking Trump supporters, which is not their right. Waving Mexican flags, throwing eggs, rocks, and bottles at Trump event-goers and even police has become the new standard for Trump opponents.

Not an event goes by that they do not step up the violence.  Just watch the national news on any network – OTA or cable – and you’ll see the mob in action. Spitting, screaming obscenities, and physically assaulting anyone who disagrees with them. 

They are the new Brownshirts, only this time the uniform is the dark t-shirt, and often a bandanna over the face. But the goal is the same: to intimidate. 

While they hold signs calling Trump a fascist and worse, and burn American flags and those red Make America Great Again hats, they claim they are doing this in the name of freedom and defending American values. 

Nothing could be further from the truth. 

Their idea of freedom is the right to do whatever they want, to shut down anyone with whom they disagree, and to physically assault anyone they wish.  That’s not freedom; that’s anarchy.  Nor is it consistent with American values.

Like it or not, most Americans find comfort in law and order.  The media on all sides may find the violence directed toward Trump supporters at Trump rallies makes for great TV, but the American public is generally turned off by this violence.  If anything, it swings more people over to Trump’s side – not because they like him or agree with him – but because they abhor his opponents.   

The myth that Trump supporters cause the violence is evaporating under the bright lights of all the media coverage. It’s clear from news clips that it’s the protestors who are starting the mayhem, and that the Trump supporters they assault are the real victims. 

That’s a major “aha” moment even the media can’t ignore.  Every time the protestors attack, Trump’s support rises, and I think I know why. 

I don’t like Donald Trump. I don’t like much of what he proposes he’ll do.

But I dislike the protestors and their chaos far more.  If it’s a choice between Trump and the forces aligned against him, who tacitly endorse what the protestors are doing, I’ll go for Trump. 

Don’t be surprised if a lot of other Americans feel the same.
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