Trump at CPAC

Not a day goes by that I am not repulsed by this country’s president and his administration. Even today, so far and surprisingly, despite the fact there were no new scandals. That’s not to say that any of the previous, core scandals have been resolved or gone away magically. But, today (again, so far) no new scandals to report. However, Trump is giving his typical election speech at CPAC this morning and I am repulsed by watching both him and the crowd of Juggalos cheering him on.

For anyone who's new to my blog, I am a liberal with an education in social work so I am, by all accounts, a tolerant and non-judgemental person. I am an open-minded individual who realizes that diversity and differences makes for strength and progress. But, while listening to Trump give his speech I found myself saying aloud, “He is such an applause whore.” I don’t like to be judgmental nor do I like being judged by others, yet I find myself (at least) sounding as if I'm judgemental towards this narrow-minded, backward thinking president, his staff and his base. 

All I saw today while watching Trump speak to a crowd of “Jethro’s” was a man seeking applause and approval from a safe crowd – his supporters. All I saw in the crowd (with the exception of two or three people) were a bunch of “Jethro’s.” You remember the television series, “The Beverly Hillbillies,” right? Well, if you’re familiar with that show you’re familiar with the character “Jethro.” Jethro was the extremely stupid nephew of “Jed Clampett” who struck oil while shooting at a “varmint.” Yeah, the show was about a family of hillbillies who found fortune from the luck of “shooting at some food.”

So today, while watching Trump relive his campaign by giving a reproduction of his former campaign speeches to a group of people who were shown on camera from time to time, all I got out of this waste of time was “Trump is an applause whore” and “he’s talking to a bunch of Jethro’s.” Oh yeah, there was one other message that was conveyed to me by his speech. That was, “He’s taking us backwards.” That thought came when he started preaching about bringing back coal mining jobs. Of course, when he made that statement he was met with a standing ovation. What do you expect from a bunch of Jethro’s?

Maybe that's part of why I am so repulsed whenever I see him speaking to his base with his closed-minded rhetoric to a group of closed-minded individuals. He, his staff and base (Juggalos) are all the epitome of what was wrong in the past, is wrong now but will (hopefully) be wiped out of existence in the future as far as "social issues" and "society" is concerned. We had enjoyed an eight year victory where progress had been achieved in so many social areas that had previously been unattainable. After so much progress had been achieved we find ourselves going backwards instead of forward and that is always the wrong direction for every aspect of humanity. 

His fanatical views founded upon religion and "nationalism" (cough **bullshit - racist** cough) are outdated and have proven to be destructive rather than constructive. So, yeah, I guess I am making a judgement, calling bull shit, or forming my educated opinion based upon analysis of his words and actions. Frankly, I don't care how anyone perceives what I am saying about this guy - this so-called president - his staff or his base (Juggalos). I know what I see whenever I watch his actions and I know what I hear whenever I listen to his words and none of it is good for anyone who is trying to strive for progress. 

Progress in the way we treat each other. Progress with the way we respect and appreciate the planet. Progress with every aspect of being human beings on a living planet that provides all aspects of life for every form of life upon her. Going backwards instead of forwards only ensures that life for us, the planet and all other life upon her will end sooner rather than later. Especially if he follows through with initiating another nuclear arms race. For fuck's sake man, we have better technology than that now. There is no need to engage in upping the ante of nukes trying to outbid Russia - a country led by a man who's a legitimate psychopath. You can't reason with crazy and if crazy is trying to reason with crazy then that is not a solution of less crazy it is a solution that equals crazy squared.

My advice to Trump is stop campaigning – you already won. Do start governing and do so fast. I know it’s way outside your comfort zone, but it is what you signed up to do so do it. You may have the Jethro’s of this country fooled but, let’s face it, that’s not a hard thing to accomplish. It’s much like convincing your cat that your hand that you’re moving underneath the sheets is “prey.” For that matter, it’s like convincing your cat that a piece of cloth tied to the end of a shoestring is prey. For those of you who have never had cats, believe me when I say that getting a cat to attack either of those two things is the easiest task in the world.