I’m likely one of the older members of Jazzfanz. That being the case, it’s likely what my generation was taught from grammar through high school was perhaps more idealistic than reality would ever justify. I remember falling in love with American history very early. Not for a second did I question the assumption that we Americans always wore the white hats.
WE WERE A GOOD PEOPLE.
Can any of our resident trolls, can any of our nation’s Maga Americans understand why the death of that belief would hurt, and hurt like no tomorrow? Can MAGA understand many of us believe we are witnessing the final death knell of such a belief?
I’ve said it before, namely, that few things hurt more than seeing Americans become known, not as a good people, but for their cruelty. How can that not be heartbreaking? How do our trolls, how does MAGA in general, not feel such a devastating loss?? Well, maybe it’s as I intimated: maybe it’s my baby boomer generation that held to the ridiculous propaganda we were taught: Americans were a good people.
Certainly, in my case and many of my college bound generation at the time, the Vietnam War seriously eroded that image of “Americans wear the white hats”.
But Trump? He is destroying any notion that we are a good people.
I posted once before about the late Judge Caprio. And in the “notable passings” thread as well, since he died last week. How he came to be, quite possibly, the single most beloved citizen of America anywhere on Earth. That’s right, a case can be made. I read the comments, from nearly every country on Earth, on his Facebook “Caught in Providence” page. Everyone the world over praised his kindness.
Can we understand, what a contrast in feelings exist, in the hearts of people the world over, for a man they never met, the stark contrast in how the world felt about a simple traffic judge in the US, compared to the president of that nation? Can we see the difference between responses to KINDNESS and responses to CRUELTY?
I was naive, my generation was naive, sons and daughters of the Greatest generation, all very naive.
But, the belief that we were a good people is what is largely motivating the anti-Trump movement. It is only right and proper that those who believe in the goodness of man oppose a leader who would tell the world that America is all about cruelty now.
So, another clip of Judge Frank Caprio. Because he represented everything that is good about, and kind, and compassionate, in the heart of Mankind. He represented the best of us, and the outpouring of love at his passing is in stark contrast to how the world regards Donald Trump, and his effort to elevate cruelty as our defining attribute.
Is this so bad, MAGA? Are our trolls that enamored of cruelty for cruelty’s sake? How can cruelty be regarded as preferable to kindness?
I should have learned long ago, and I thought I did. But, no, that silly belief in our goodness persists and drives my opposition to Donald Trump.
Bottom line: to good people, kindness is a strength. Kindness is not a weakness. But to Donald Trump: there is no greater weakness than human kindness. Think about that, and just how wrong that really is. It’s born of insecurity. Nobody can say otherwise of the man, massive insecurity lies behind the thinnest skin imaginable. And it’s the heart of a bully.
Strong men are compassionate. Strong men understand being kind is not a sign of weakness. Donald Trump has never understood that. It’s the difference represented by millions mourning the passing of an obscure judge and the millions that will figuratively piss on Trump’s grave when he passes.
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