Trump’s October surprise is not actually a surprise. We know the dude has been in multiple playboy videos, is on his third trophy wife, and routinely acts as if he might be sexually attracted to his daughter because she epitomizes female sexuality as he sees it. There’s more of course, but wasn’t that enough warning that he might not feel like women are all that equal? Putting him up against the first female candidate and having a significant portion of America still be all in on voting for him only serves to highlight the terrible distance we still must achieve in turning America into a legitimately equal and inclusive society and not just one that acts like it is when it is not.
I feel like this is the real Black lives Matter conversation. Not that we have a problem with how our society criminalizes black people, not that there may or may not be justifications for such action, but we chose to focus on justifying the statements and protecting the idea of the law enforcement vs. considering looking at the prevailing conditions that cause so many people to feel like this is a problem.
In other words, we treat discrimination the same way we treat global warming. I can promise that without a sea change (pun intended) on each of them we will lead our nation and our world into ruin.
Some Thoughts:
- Got to get back to being disciplined and really being a scion for my family.
- People are delicate and you can only make so many mistakes and wrong choices before they stop letting you in.
- At some point it is easier to recognize the fault in yourself and take control of that.