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Trump World
Aug. 12th, 2017 10:50 pmI started another round of mowing. The downside of these rainy, stormy days: more work.
National news has been rather more eventful. In response to what seems to be a bid to take down a statue of General Robert E. Lee at Charlottesville, Virginia, some white nationalist groups came out armed to protest. Some anti-protesters countered, and things got particularly nasty. The worst incident I saw was a guy slamming his car into some of the anti-protesters.
However, notwithstanding President Trump, the authorities and the law, both state and national, seem to be clear on the right and wrong in all this. Trump, being Trump, suggests that the problem is on all sides and will not condemn the white nationalists. Well, they are the activist part of his base.
David Duke was out for the festivities as well. He is looking a lot older these days, but he still has good hair.
Despite the provocative nature of the protests, with Nazi and Confederate flags waving about, and the anti-Semitic and racist sloganeering, complete with Hitler quotations, I cannot help actually feeling encouraged about America. At least judging by the news and social media coverage that I have seen, it looks like a small island of racist bigotry being overwhelmed by an ocean of outrage and condemnation. But is this an accurate reflection?
I imagine it is still a mixed situation. I am sure that America is still, operationally speaking, a white supremacist nation, but at least a line seems to be drawn when it comes to gross overt racism. I am inclined to believe that the guiding principle is: Let the darkies sink to their own level on their own. There is no need need to be malicious and impatient about it. Just reverse recent immigration trends, end affirmative action, and let the police do their thing. And let America be America.
Okay, I am most likely being unfair to America. It is really a civilization-wide thing. It is as though the aboriginals are a hangover from a more primitive time and simply cannot fit in naturally in advanced societies. And, yeah, we excite violent passions in some people, as we make for an easy target, a convenient enemy. We certainly are not their equals. And Islamist terrorism has not helped.
National news has been rather more eventful. In response to what seems to be a bid to take down a statue of General Robert E. Lee at Charlottesville, Virginia, some white nationalist groups came out armed to protest. Some anti-protesters countered, and things got particularly nasty. The worst incident I saw was a guy slamming his car into some of the anti-protesters.
However, notwithstanding President Trump, the authorities and the law, both state and national, seem to be clear on the right and wrong in all this. Trump, being Trump, suggests that the problem is on all sides and will not condemn the white nationalists. Well, they are the activist part of his base.
David Duke was out for the festivities as well. He is looking a lot older these days, but he still has good hair.
Despite the provocative nature of the protests, with Nazi and Confederate flags waving about, and the anti-Semitic and racist sloganeering, complete with Hitler quotations, I cannot help actually feeling encouraged about America. At least judging by the news and social media coverage that I have seen, it looks like a small island of racist bigotry being overwhelmed by an ocean of outrage and condemnation. But is this an accurate reflection?
I imagine it is still a mixed situation. I am sure that America is still, operationally speaking, a white supremacist nation, but at least a line seems to be drawn when it comes to gross overt racism. I am inclined to believe that the guiding principle is: Let the darkies sink to their own level on their own. There is no need need to be malicious and impatient about it. Just reverse recent immigration trends, end affirmative action, and let the police do their thing. And let America be America.
Okay, I am most likely being unfair to America. It is really a civilization-wide thing. It is as though the aboriginals are a hangover from a more primitive time and simply cannot fit in naturally in advanced societies. And, yeah, we excite violent passions in some people, as we make for an easy target, a convenient enemy. We certainly are not their equals. And Islamist terrorism has not helped.
