My best friend is fluent in at least 4 languages. Not the just kind of fluent where he can read or speak the foreign language but the kind of FLUENT by which he actually can use the correct colloquialism necessary for a particular region of the country he is visiting. Impressive, indeed. I was in Paris with my friend many years ago, when Americans were still ugly then, but nothing like today’s Trump American (The ones who ooze with hate and loathing and are received by the locals in the same manner). We looked American, most likely acted like Americans on vacation. We came upon a very nice restaurant, and the waitstaff person at the door did not look up from his pad, not ignoring us, but letting us know he saw us, and would not acquiesce to the fact that WE had DOLLARS to spend, so PAY ATTENTION. That his when my friend, Alejandro, started talking in some kind of swanky, sophisticated Parisian accent, causing the cold shoulder guy to look up, smile, shake my friends hand and immediately seat us at a rather cool table. We let Alejandro do the talking as he ordered and our service was beyond 5 stars. As we sat at our table, we watched as those OTHER non fluent Americans tried to get service, let alone good service. By the time we left the restaurant, I am not sure, as I do not speak French, but I think the waiter gave his phone number to Alejandro!
The thing about the Republicans is they are Fluent in racist, bigotry, dumber than shit language. They know how to soothe the worried brow of the slave owner in Alabama, the coal miners of West Virginia who hold on to hope that coal is clean, the, the sons and daughters of the Confederacy who are still taught that the South won the War. The GOP knows the language of the self described victim, the guy on food stamps who thinks because he is not black his food stamps are just free food. The Christians who have been told by their pay to pray preachers that Jesus had a rifle, was the first president of the USA and that family values only mean no abortions and no Gay stuff. The Republicans have learned the colloquialism of the white Supremacist, of course until recently a language spoken in whispers. The GOP understands that small words filled with hate, an enemy, and stupid resonate loud with a group of people, albeit in the minority have taken the majority of our freedoms away.
I suggest that the Dems, begin to use the language of the dumb. Facts never matter to those who love them some Trump, so stop trying to have an intelligent conversation with FOX Viewers. Be like the GOP, but this time, don’t chastise Trump for lying, just play for the stupid all of the things being taken away by Trump and his Russian Republicans. Use easy words like, NO MEALS ON WHEELS, YOU HAVE CANCER AND WILL DIE WITHOUT HEALTH CARE, YOUR BABIES WILL NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT GROW OLD WITHOUT NUTRITION PROGRAMS. Keep it simple, play as hard as the GOP, be Democrat but with the sinister accent of that language the Republicans speak so well.
