Donald Trump should never have been allowed to run for the
office in the first place! Those cowards in the Republican Party should have
stepped up and thrown this orange blob of slime out long ago! And thanks to a
gutless pile of electors who failed to do their duty; we now have a man who
isn't fit to run Mosquito Control as our President. And yes, Mosquito Control
is an elected position!
Exactly one week ago, I participated in my first protest
demonstration against Trump at the Vero Beach Courthouse. Counter demonstrators
were there too, but we outnumbered them. A number of police stood between us
especially as our numbers swelled.
Not long ago, I got into a heated argument with a neighbor. She
insisted that anti-Trump protesters were paid. I told her that if there
ever was a protest here, I would join and it would be one hundred per cent on me!
Now I can back that up! The vast majority of the other protesters were from the
Unitarian Church.
About 12 to 15 years ago, not long after my father's death,
and when my friend Margaret still walked the earth, she pointed to it on our drive
into town.
"You should consider joining," she said. "The
Unitarian is the only church where I can picture you fitting in."
But I didn't like the idea of belonging to ANY church!
Shortly after, there was a luncheon event at the Unitarian
place open to the public for a fee. I decided to go and check them out. And my
experience was a negative one! I didn't find them a particularly friendly or
welcoming group. I felt alienated and had no desire to return.
Anyway at the protest, they were friendly and welcoming.
Perhaps this was a completely different group from the one I had encountered
previously, or maybe it was only because we have a common enemy. But I still
have NO plans to become a church-goer.
The day of the protest was overcast and chilly. I wore a
colorful wool shawl I'd purchased in the market at Chichicastinango several
decades ago. A fellow protester complemented me on it. I told her I bought in
Guatemala back in 1975.
"Where you in the Peace Corps.?" she asked.
"No, vacation," I replied.
In January of 2016 when I visited Thailand, I mentioned to
an American lady living in Chiang Mai that I had a sick feeling Donald Trump
was going to win the election.
"Oh don't worry," she said. "He has too many
embarrassing and questionable things in his past to prevent him from
winning."
Sadly, there are too many people who simply don't care that
Trump is a scumbag!
On a remote mountain road in the jungles of Mae Hong Son, I
saw an American tourist sporting a Trump T-shirt. I told the driver to run him
down! Unfortunately the driver didn't understand English. Also I gave that man
the finger! However his back was toward me.
After looking closely at the Third World, I've decided not
to expatriate. I love the United States as imperfect as it is. Also I realize
that governments can change quickly. A dictator can get in and create havoc.
Hitler didn't seize power, he was voted in!
But I consider myself a citizen of the earth first and an
American second. The planet must be protected! And under Trump and his regime it's in more grievous
danger than ever before.
Unless Trump is impeached, as a protester I may be
eventually jailed or even hanged along with many others for sedition. This is a
fascist regime that cannot tolerate criticism in any form, and they keep
proving it. I've read that some states are already trying to make political
protests illegal. I hope this is not true, but I wouldn't put it past these
Republicans in power.
Trump, a so-called Christian has famously stated that he
does not believe in turning the other cheek. Well neither do I! Plus I have no
desire or plan to live under a dictatorship here or anyplace else!
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