An Angry Liberal

 Dear Trump disciples,

I understand your distressed feelings as you witness your messiah being held to account for the lawless and treasonous behavior of some within your cohort.  It hurts, I’m sure.  It makes you angry, even.  He was your savior, the first person – of means (and unrestrained power, we must not forget) – to listen to, and give voice to, your grievances, your frustrations (I’m a hardworking American. . . a patriot; I pay my dues, and all I want to do is provide for my family.  I don’t want to be ignored.  I don’t want to be replaced by foreigners who speak American with funny accents and don’t know our customs and our ways).  When he said he’d bring back your America, show the world that you’d not been put on the sidelines; you put every ounce of your fragile trust in him.  Now those radical liberals, the superintendents of the swamp, are trying to permanently silence and castrate him.

 

So, while you might not have contemplated for a moment your own participation in a violent insurrection at our Nation’s Capitol (because, yes, that would be treason and very unpatriotic), you don’t blame the lawless hordes who charged the nerve center of our Democracy, armed with all manner of weapon, inflated and misguided purpose, and rage.  They were only acting on your commander’s entreaties to “stop the steal”.

 

But here’s the thing: Your man lost the election.  He didn’t have as many votes – electoral or popular – as Joe Biden.  That’s 74,222,960 vs. 81,283,361.  Do you see how that works?  Election officials and staff were not engaged in acts of subterfuge, there were no systemic irregularities, and there were no voting system software manipulations of tallies.  As one of the voters for the winning side, I want to say that, fragile egos aside, you need to accept the results, even if your man refuses to do so. 

 

It frightens me that so many of you are susceptible to conspiracies that prop up your wished-for goals.  It’s not that I naturally have greater insight into the truths that in one way or another may impact my life or the lives of those closest to me.  It’s that I approach statements of “fact” with just a modicum of skepticism; one is wise to prove any new facts before accepting them as truth.  So, stop accepting cockamamie conspiracy theories, stop propagating lies, pay attention to the science behind claims.  

 

And here’s another thing:  your “boss” is a master manipulator.  He says all the things that you want to hear, and soothes your wounded egos.  He knows how dangerous those illegal immigrants are, the rapists and murderers crossing our southern border.  He knows, too, that anything his predecessor achieved while in office is bad for the country.  He knows, too, that the tax re-structuring he implemented with his “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” favored the little guy; his sharp instincts foresaw that when corporations reaped the rewards of a 14% rate reduction, their innate generosity would translate into hefty wage increases for their employees.  Only his genius could imagine a better way for all of you.

 

And here’s the final thing:  our 45^th president fomented an insurrection.  His words propelled an angry mob to perpetrate barbarous acts in order to overthrow the results of a fair election.  The inescapable issue is his deeply flawed and reprehensible personality.  He came into office with it, and without doubt he’ll carry it with him throughout the rest of his life.  His insecurities, it must be pointed out, are dangerous to our country’s security.  If he is not held to account, his pernicious behaviors will continue, our nation will not heal, and an ominous precedent will have been set.  Willful ignorance where it involves that man is inexcusable.  You need to open your eyes to the truth.  Trump’s only agenda had been whatever aligned with his own selfish interests and succeeded in inflating his autocratic image, as well as stroking his narcissism just the right way.  In fact, it still is his agenda, and always has been, always will be.  Moreover, he didn’t lose because the election was stolen; he lost because the numbers were greater on the side of people who are sick of his incompetence and toxicity.  I was one of those voters, and make no mistake, while I accept your disappointment that your man lost, it enrages me that 1) you call yourselves American patriots, and 2) you think that my vote is somehow expendable, somehow less legitimate than yours.

 

One Angry Liberal