Allocating blame

So, among many other Trump-enabled problems, Roe vs. Wade is hanging by a thread. If we are to believe the poll numbers, the majority of Americans do not want Roe overturned, and yet here we are.

The polls also say that the majority of Americans favor more control over guns.

But somehow, politicians who disagree with the majority of Americans keep getting elected. They are in control. Donald J. Trump is president, and he shows an appetite for dictatorship. There are just too many rules thwarting his getting everything he demands. Meanwhile, the Republicans in the House and Senate keep backing him up because he enables their undemocratic and theocratic designs on America's future.

Now, there is a certain amount of blame that can be laid at the feet of politicians who gerrymander and suppress the vote of their political enemies. But a great number of everyday Americans made this happen, and a lot of it is unforgivable.

First, obviously, are those hardcore Trump supporters who watched his rallies, heard him encourage his supporters to rough up protesters, and said, "Yeah! I like this guy!" There's not much to be said about them, other than they are a horribly malicious bunch, and that they are greatly lacking in brains and morality. They are still with him, and there isn't much that will change their minds.

Now, aside from being an obviously amoral bully, Trump obviously had no policy plans whatsoever. When he said things like, "We're going to overturn Obamacare and replace it with something terrific!" the proper response, it seems to me, would be to say, "Oh, really? Can you tell us more?" But too many of the electorate are just too lazy for details, and apparently were enjoying Trumps's insults of his rivals during the primaries. Getting those liberals mad was entertaining. They didn't need no stinking substance.

It should have been obvious to any adult paying attention during the 2016 campaign that Trump would lead us precisely where we are today. But some people are slow. And some people still are unable to grasp the light years of difference between Trump and other politicians. So many (and I number many of my friends on the left among them) could not bring themselves to vote for the oh! so odious! Hillary Clinton, even to save the country from the pussy grabber. No, they couldn't see Trump's danger to America; it was just another election.

Another group I'd like to point one or more fingers at are the non-voters. "The candidates are all the same." "I'm not a political person." "My vote won't change anything." No. The fact is, these people are just too damned lazy to try to understand politics and to get off their asses and vote. I suspect some of these people are the same ones who answer "not sure" in opinion polls. "Do you approve of Trump's handling of his duties?" "Has Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses?" There's always some percentage who just aren't sure whether they approve of Trump or not. This sort of intellectual laziness is unacceptable. Get curious, and find out what Trump and the other politicians are up to! Care about your own damned life.

Donald Trump got sixty million votes in 2016. That number makes me ashamed of an awful lot of my fellow Americans. A few Republican conventions ago, Nazi sympathizer Pat Buchanan made a speech about the culture war in America. It was seen at the time as over-the-top extreme, but Republicans have been fighting that very war ever since then, and they're way too close to winning.

Are you to blame for not taking politics seriously?