It is the silence that is so frightening. It is the lack of the utterance of words that could dilute, the demagoguery, of the Devil, named Trump. To just passively object, but insist that the office of the Presidency must be respected, thus ignoring your own disillusionment, provides more fodder for the fires of lies and hatred. When cable news permits a DEBATE on good hate groups or bad hate groups…permitting a discussion on the levels of bigotry…the dismantling of historical facts, the only things being said are that it’s okay in certain circumstances to deny freedoms and equality.
When some Senators fearing a possible backlash for their re-election Tweet a statement in the comfy confines of their bathrooms as they sit on the toilet, but make no moves to censure Trump in the Congress at a public forum, they are as guilty as the goons who wear white hoods and red arm bands. When Jewish advisors, provide anguish in their statements regarding anti-Semitism, but insist that somehow they are staying on for economic policies, these men and women are nothing more than parasites eating away at the flesh of their own ancestry. As the Evangelicals lay their hands on a man who would have placed the first nail on the cross, pretending that Trump is a savior because he spits vile and venom against the LGBTQ community and women’s reproductive rights, they are spewing blasphemy, unabashedly and brazenly. And when Talking Heads are permitted to change the discourse of criminal actions by Joe Arpaio into illicit facts that it’s not the manner in which this criminal acted but rather, that we should applaud his patriotism for standing up to immigration, we allow truth to wither away and die.
It is the silence from the citizens who were Bernie or Bust fans but out of spite voted for Trump…It is the silence from the wealthy who believed that even if trump was a jerk, taxes would be lowered…It is the silence from the Log Cabin Republicans, pretending that there was more to a candidate than fairness, trust or truth…It is the silence from the Jewish citizens, pretending that if Israel is safe, all American Jews would be safe…It is the silence from the Christian Community, those who believe Jesus was not a banker, did not hate the poor, did not hate, where is your outcry of the bastardization of your religion. It is the silence that is so frightening, so deafening and ever so destructive.
