As a citizen, I have never had a President that wanted to me to disappear into oblivion because of my views (just heard that from his “rally” at the White House, an inappropriate use of the people’s house).
I have had just that since January, 2017.
I am not alone.
And if his supporters also want me to disappear, so be it on their part.
For my part, I just want to see the power of respectful dialogue across the ideological spectrum that doesn’t demonize, bully, or dehumanize anyone.
I also see that Senator Lindsey Graham said last night that young black people and immigrants can “go anywhere” in South Carolina, adding, “you just need to be conservative, not liberal.”
Think about how “Liberate Michigan” in a tweet likely influenced the creation of a plot to kidnap and execute a governor, and then the source of the tweet told her, like a monarch, that she needed to thank him for “his Law enforcement” helping her and that she brought on herself the plot because of her politics.
Don’t you love the empathy?
And...The Law enforcement is NOT HIS. IT’S OURS.
They are working for US. ALL OF US.
If some of you stop saying SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM, maybe I will consider pulling back from the term FASCISM.
The former keeps happening, though.
We should not be like elementary school or middle school students on a playground, paying obeisance or running scared from, or trying to combat, the bullies of the moment.
It’s always the bullies who should stop being bullies.
Shabbat Shalom and Chag Samayach, everyone. As we end and begin the Torah today in the Jewish world, let’s remember that “love your neighbor as yourself” is near the exact center of a Torah scroll.
It should be our center as well.
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