Yep, it's been years and much of what I feared has come to pass. With about a month until the next Presidential election, this country is incredibly divided and just a scary mess. I find it interesting that the current administration is running on the platform of rescuing us from what is currently going on in this country when what is going on is the direct result of the current administration.
This president has a history of promoting violence. From the beginning...meaning his campaign rallies back when he first ran for president, he encouraged the beating of anyone protesting at his rally.
He also has a history of racism that continues to this day. His existence as the leader of this country has only encouraged citizens to comfortably exhibit their racism openly. The existing systemic racism in our country's law enforcement was only more openly exhibited proving to many that black lives didn't actually matter to them. The image of George Floyd pleading for his life, not struggling, not resisting, while one white cop knelt on his neck long enough to murder him while other officers looked on dispassionately will be forever burned in the minds of all of us. His crime...alleged forgery. Not any kind of violent crime at all.
While this sort of murderous abuse of power has been happening for years, it just seems to have escalated in the last 4 years. Maybe it's because of social media...or maybe because this is the straw... too much has been happening and it was time to just blow up.
Another thing that has been incredibly disturbing is the number of times that it seems that this administration seems to be ignoring the Constitution. Maybe willfully...maybe out of ignorance.
My plan is to study up a bit on the Constitution and try to identify times when this document has been ignored or tossed out the window during this last 4 years. I will be referring to this website and trying to focus on individual parts of this cornerstone of our country and how it relates to events of the last 4 years.
Will I change anyone's mind? Possibly not...but I feel that I need to say SOMETHING or I'm guilty of standing by silently while fascism takes over another country. My recent ancestors were guilty of this...I refuse to be.
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