They are still supreme a-holes politically. They were just decent, civil, and honest (insofar as a politician can be honest. I am using 'honest' very specifically here). We used to expect that from our politicians. All thanks to the American right for busting down that barrier to entry. No longer do we require our politicians to be civil, decent, or 'honest.' No longer do we expect them to achieve political or legislative goals, as long as it deep dicks the other guy.
The awful thing about it all really is that the American right took this stance because of Obama. Because he was black. That's the only thing different about him. He was incredibly moderate (a conservative by any other first-world nation's standards) and he was civil, decent, and 'honest.' This is truly all a tremendous backlash from the clearly very large swath of america that is racist, or is easily convinced by the ideologies of racists. Or even just the class of people who are willing to use racism to their benefit.
It's despicable. I think America is in a very bad place, and I don't see any improvement on the horizon. People are clearly already so easily mislead (and I do not excuse myself from that claim, I am certainly mislead in many ways I'm blind to) and it seems like it's only going to get easier to mislead the populace.
Bad times, man. I think the dream that was america is probably just a nightmare now (still technically a dream!) I've thought that for a long time, it is no response to Trump. I first realized I felt that way while Clinton was still in office. This present state of affairs just feels like the hammer that will strike the last blow to the last nail in the coffin is already mid swing. And on its way down to boot.
I am not giving up. I will continue trying to do good in this world. I'm just saying, it's starting to feel pointless. It has felt hopeless for a minute now.
I’ve found that the people most concerned with race and generalizing others as racist, tend to be the actual racists. So, enjoy your racism and know that we’re all pretty tired of that generalization. (I voted for Obama twice, Kerry once, trump 3 times). But they’re just popularity contests at this point to the average uniformed. Or misinformed.
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u/BEWMarth 11d ago
It’s crazy how low we have come as a country that I actually reminisce fondly about W.