Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic
topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today,
as with the rest of this month, I was
thinking about the US
If you voted for Trump then I’m sorry but I just don’t
understand your choice.
I’ve no doubt you had your reasons I just hope they weren’t
the same as the rest of his supporters.
You may have chosen to support him as an alternative to Hillary
or because you’re anti-Democrat but what his biggest fans voted for was the
wall to keep out immigrants, the deportation of all non-white people, the right
to treat people like slaves and women like objects.
You may not agree with these viewpoints but thanks to you,
the man who embodies them is now the man in charge of the ‘Free
World’/Commander-In-Chief of the USA .
If you voted for Trump
but don’t believe in his policies – you are an enabler.
If you didn’t vote for
either candidate – you are a bystander.
And these two types of
people can be just as dangerous as the people who commit evil acts because they
allow the evil acts to happen.
Don’t be an enabler or a
bystander – be a stander, be a fighter. Stand up for equality, fight against
discrimination.
The US
To those, like me, who are scared at the changes that are
already occurring in American society:
Do not give up
Do not hide away
Do not live in fear
His supporters may be numerous but they are not the majority
(they weren’t even the majority of the votes but let’s not go there).
The best way to deal with a threat is to use it to make
yourself stronger and that’s what we should do. Band together, stand up for
each other, show these discriminatory, uneducated bigots that their behaviour
is NOT what makes America
great again.
Above all don’t accept the behaviour – report it, stand up
against it (within reason – i.e. don’t put yourself at risk), speak out to
condemn it.
They may be right-wing that does not make them right. They
are in fact little better than terrorists and I would hope that such a thought
would shame them into reconsidering their actions (although sadly I doubt it).
A terrorist is defined as someone who uses intentionally indiscriminate violence (terror)
in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim - can you
think of a better word to describe people who accuse, abuse and assault people
simply because they have a different skin colour, religion or gender?
And now they are shedding their civilised camouflage to show
their true terrorist colours. Well, shame on them! All that does is make them
easier to spot, to isolate and to deal with. They should not be fooled into
believing that suddenly their unacceptable behaviour is acceptable – it’s not,
it never has been and it never will be and the sooner they are educated to
understand that the better. Prejudiced violence will not make their country
great again.
Some parents are
concerned about what this teaches children and what they positively say about
the situation.
But the lesson for
children from the US election is not ‘If you are a misogynistic, racist, sexist
bully then you can become President’ but ‘If you don’t stand up to misogyny,
bigotry and racism and don’t use your vote when it matters, this is what
happens’ and what must never be allowed to happen again
