“If we could wipe it (The Holocaust) off of the history books, we would. But we can’t.” –Reince Priebus
“Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they (liberals) get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing…”- Steve Bannon
*(No word from Bannon’s fellow ‘Christians’ on this one).
“I did try and fuck her. She was married. I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the bit phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look. I’ve gotta use some Tic Tags, just in case I start kissing her. You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful- I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
-The President
This is the state of current affairs. And among the most urgent of current topics is the inability for opposing parties to discuss the same topics with the same premises. There is this insane game of moral absolutism going on, while the system of checks and balances in our Federal Government continues to fall.
Guess what. Obama, Bush, and Trump all sponsored bombings on multiple Middle Eastern countries, and they’ve all killed women and children along the way while preserving the safety of Americans, continuing the legacy of capitalistic imperialism, and everything in between, however you choose to view our international policy. Liberals are not all ‘good’ and conservatives are not all ‘evil’. The Right is not entirely fascist while the Left is not entirely regressive. But when you combine passiveness and the fear of speaking out with the presence of evil, the inaction of good is all that is needed for evil to triumph (paraphrasing MLK- ‘For evil to succeed, all it needs is for good men to do nothing.’)
Before I dive in, you know what was good news? Trump cancelled the Trans Pacific Partnership! Dozens were lobbying Obama to back out and it’s surprising to see Trump dismiss the topic already. I do agree that this seems to be largely missed by the liberal media, and could have been considered an international victory for the US, but that was before the ensuing week of executive orders followed….
Every military initiative in the last 50 years includes unintentional victims, but never before on the scale of civilian deaths in the last 15 years.
Chelsea Manning , who is vilified by the Right as a traitor, villain, etc. Is the Right aware that the video she leaked was of a US pilot blowing a van of Reuters reporters because they mistook the camera for a weapon? That publishing this info was considered Treason?
There are over 25,000 civilians killed in Afghanistan since 2001 who’ve had no established ties of any kind to terrorism, and an additional 200,000 civilians have been killed throughout the Middle East in that same time period. Terribly hypocritical to see MSM standing behind Wikileaks as it fits their agenda (as they broke news that the DNC was conspiring against Sanders and also released Clinton’s emails), but when they unveil the dark underbelly of US International policy, it turns into a witch hunt where the whistleblowers and dissidents must be made examples.
On the domestic front…
Quite frightening that after the Women’s March, there was a widespread opinion proposing there is no valid reason to protest in the US when you can ‘just look at see how women are being beaten and raped in the Middle East. Where’s the outrage there?’ Well, would it seem prudent to WAIT until that is the case in the US? Our domestic rape culture is entirely it’s own issue, and as of now is clearly not an issue for our current President.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/15/donald-trump-words-what-rape-culture-looks-like
In recent sports news…
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/12/college-football-sexual-assualt-jameis-winston
I cannot offer a solution, but a defense.
- When you read a headline, search for the opposing opinion- immediately.
- Why does the ‘other’ hold their opinion? Understanding and unveiling the current deception requires more effort than re-reading 1984.
The current system of checks and balances is being stripped away, as succinctly detailed by Yonatan Zunger in his near-viral Medium article. Yonatan, of Israeli descent, graduated from Stanford and served as a lead engineer at Google since 2003.
Ironically, Breitbart (the publication formally managed by Steve Bannon (Chief Strategist Strategy, aforementioned lover of Satan)) published a critique to the piece, but the article lacks any evidence or constructive critique, besides calling Yonatan’s premises ‘unfounded’ (all the more ironic, as Yonatan’s piece provides citations for every single piece of information he presents.)
If Trump’s policies do not affect your quality of life, take a second to realize how profoundly lucky you are, and that there are millions of people who need your help. Both the Right and the Left utilize misinformation, sensationalism, and fear mongering. It is up to you, to read deeper, question more, ask ‘WHY’ more often. The time to sit back and wait has passed. And if you do not agree, I’ll fight for you in the meantime.
Thoughts and Musings 