Thanks, Schmiddy! AKA Schmiddy the Clam! AKA the new guy! I miss your new guy videos! I could relate to them all!
My favorite part of this video comes at the very very end. The temporary part of it.
Being raised in a fundamentalist Christian household, modern times seem VERY scary and predicted. With things like implants coming out, I am constantly doubting whether my beliefs hold sufficient weight in the grand scheme of things. I am sincerely worried that the end of times is coming soon and I am not properly prepared for my evaluation before G-d, or whatever is out there that is looking down upon us and casting eternal judgment.
Because Donald Trump is President, and even more terrifying, Pence is VP, I am actually worried we are about to see an all out religious war that will end in the destruction of the Earth. I know, this sounds extremely silly, but I am glad you are making it a serious concern and alleviating my worries through explaining how the Salem Witch trials are only a footnote in the history of witch trials and grand population hysteria.
I feel that the fact an "outsider" is president, that American politics has turned upside down and listened to the supposed "silent majority" and mob rule is silencing votes, pushing out democracy, and even destroying the gleaming city on the hill that we live in.
I really don't know who to blame, and blaming game is obviously a part of the blame, I just want the president to stop tweeting like he is a mad man and demanding policy change over twitter. TWITTER! Social Media is NOT the place for policy discussion. C-Span is, TV is, news is. He is disregarding everything that holds American democracy together to thwart his opponents.
This is honestly terrifying considering other first-world nations have already seen how an alt-right supported leader that employs fear mongering leads to suppression, like actual physical violent suppression. I know the right has always accused the left of being Facist, but this is ACTUALLY the first TRUE signs of facism and I don't want to sit back and let it happen.
I also don't want to fall on the wrong side of history. I don't want to tarnish my name as someone who decided to be silent as tyranny sweeps the nation.
I simply hope this madness comes to an end, the President gets off social media, starts doing his job, and MAYBE after enough ridiculous policy changes we will see a regime change that will bring politics back into the normal working order in a fashion where I feel I would be welcomed back into playing a contributing role for it.
I really wish Clinton won, I really do. Not because I support her, in fact I don't in many regards, but because then a white rich male would not be in charge. So that we would have hope that dominance goes back into the household where it is only whispers and murmurs and we are excused of being terrible people because everyone is terrible.
No wonder no one wants to impeach Trump, they don't want to stand up and say we need to get the representation of America back into a positive fashion. America is miserable and America is terrible. Trump isn't making it great, all he is doing is making it acceptable to not be great. He is giving us an excuse to not be our best. He is providing us an excuse to be miserably horrible and be proud of our miserable horrid nature.
You can't support him, because he is obviously horrible and you can't oppose him because if you say you aren't a fan of Trump you are suddenly being "political"... well guess what! Politics should never have been a place for celebrities. Politics should always have been a place for those who work tirelessly trying to prove they are better yet ironically underperforming in every way possible. Those of us who aren't creative enough to do work anywhere else. Those of us who are lame and boring but through our bland undescript selves we manage to come together and say we aren't boring, we are similar.
Politics should never be about the big show or the big hype. Politics should never be about sensationalism or digging up dirt for a smear campaign. Politics should be about saying this is where we agree, and where we don't we will find a way to figure it out where we are both angry about not getting what we want equally but happy the other got what they wanted at the equal level as what we got what we wanted.
Simply, politics shouldn't be front page headlines, it is supposed to be the boring stuff on page 6 where only those who care enough about making the world better starts reading and discussing with others.
Anyways, this rant went on long enough and went completely off the rails.
Thanks Alex,
JP