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johnpalmerI'm asking them to please, please, please, show our President-elect all of the respect and good will that has been given to President Obama, and urging her to hold to the example the Republicans showed when faced with an incoming President not of their party.
Seriously. Though, obviously, I pointed out what that level of respect and good will has been.
Everyone wants to hear the nation will come together after the election. But the last two Democratic Presidents were hounded their entire times in office. And each time, after a bitter fight, when the Republicans won, they immediately talked about how we all have to come forward together, and work for the good of the nation.
When the Democrats won, the Republicans talked about opposing everything. Let's not forget Rush Limbaugh's famous summation of President Obama: "I hope he fails".
So, now we have a political party praising bipartisan comity - but only when they have power. And explicitly opposing it when they don't.
This is not acceptable behavior, and noticing it, and calling it out, is not the problem. The problem is *doing* it. And we have to demand they stop.
They won't stop when there's no cost. Why should they?
Seriously. Though, obviously, I pointed out what that level of respect and good will has been.
Everyone wants to hear the nation will come together after the election. But the last two Democratic Presidents were hounded their entire times in office. And each time, after a bitter fight, when the Republicans won, they immediately talked about how we all have to come forward together, and work for the good of the nation.
When the Democrats won, the Republicans talked about opposing everything. Let's not forget Rush Limbaugh's famous summation of President Obama: "I hope he fails".
So, now we have a political party praising bipartisan comity - but only when they have power. And explicitly opposing it when they don't.
This is not acceptable behavior, and noticing it, and calling it out, is not the problem. The problem is *doing* it. And we have to demand they stop.
They won't stop when there's no cost. Why should they?
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Date: 2016-11-12 09:34 pm (UTC)Here are some opinion and factual writings, with news links, that illustrated some of what I think is important.
https://blog.longreads.com/2016/11/11/what-comes-next-confronting-a-post-election-america/
http://www.angelahighland.com/2016/11/12/so-about-that-call-for-unity-then/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Array-of-Hate-Crimes-Reported-Day-After-Trumps-Election-400711591.html
http://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/1482727.html
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/11/trump-presidency-a-disaster-for-the-planet-climate-change
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-victory-obamacare-risk-231090
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/deaths-health-insurance_n_1613600.html
http://kff.org/uninsured/fact-sheet/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-in-a-warmer-world-interactive/
In conclusion, I think that the Trump presidency will be a disaster and should be morally and strategically opposed by every practical legal means, whatever that may mean, tactically, for individuals.
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Date: 2016-11-12 11:15 pm (UTC)That is: I want him opposed in every way, at every turn, no matter what.
I want the Democrats blaming everything - *everything* on his incompetent leadership. For example: if some corporation does something stupid, causing a massive oil spill, I want everyone to start talking about how Donald J. Trump is an utter failure as a President - just LOOK at that response! How badly can *anyone* respond?"
I want them to call up their friends across the aisle and say "Hey, guys, nothing personal... but paybacks are a zombiefucker. Boy, and just think... all you had to do was either,
a) your job, and try to help the nation, or
b) the job of every decent American, and denounce a serial rapist who threatens to sic law enforcement, unjustly, on their political opponents, and who's less competent than George, 9/11, Bush."
(I recently decided that, since there's nothing horrible about having sex with mothers, a far better epithet is "zombiefucker".)
I would normally say "it's time to work together". Hell, I was proud as all blazes that Obama was willing to reach out to Republicans. But we tried that. It didn't work; they fought everything, tooth and nail, and then, when they managed to win back the entire control of the federal government, they suddenly say "hey, let's all join hands and sing kumaya and put all the differences behind us!" When one political party refuses to do anything, until they have all the reins of power in their hands, that party has become toxic to freedom, to justice, and to the health of any democratic society. They have to be stopped.
So: yeah, I was being cute, and saying "please, treat him as well as your respectful opposition treated President Obama".
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Date: 2016-11-13 01:56 am (UTC)I have difficulty with sarcasm; it's one piece of my quirky brain wiring (I'm neurodivergent) that I'm very used to but it's very difficult to explain to anyone such that they can actually feel what it's like. So I encourage people to communicate however they like, and then I ask questions. And when I am very lucky - and the person is as kind as you - sometimes I get an explanation.
And yes, your idea makes sense. Thank you for taking the time to email your Senators.