11/06/2024: I Don’t Know Them

Congratulations, America. You just pardoned a womanizing, corrupt, failed businessman and criminal, giving him the most important job in the world for a second time. And you don’t find anything wrong with that, do you? And I can’t believe the guy backing him is the author of Hillbilly Elegy. There’s just a lot of words that I can’t believe I’m saying that are actually real accounts of real life events right now. Rich people and celebrities all around it seems. Keep your friends close as they say. 

Meanwhile other countries mock us for being so delusional that we’ve lost all sense of our morals, and I honestly wish I was across the pond pointing and laughing with them, because I don’t want to be associated with this madness anymore. 

The truth of the matter is that other countries have the decency not to laugh, but to be genuinely afraid for us. For anyone who is thinking what I’m thinking, do you think he’s going to go quietly when his time comes now that he’s secured his place again, now that he’s guaranteed his immunity? Let recent history answer that. 

And of course now he thinks the legal process is just and fair, now that he’s won “fair and square.” I’m so glad that having a billionaire bribe the people for votes and that the usual fear mongering scare tactics worked out for you. I say again: Congratulations, America. I hope you realize what you’ve done, how far we’ve fallen from grace as the rest of the world looks on in utter shock and awe at how deluded we are as a nation. 

Not that I particularly believe anybody on either side is wholeheartedly concerned about the wellbeing and best interest of the people, but at least there was an option that wasn’t a convicted felon and perpetrator of the fake news he accuses everyone else of spreading. Nobody is perfect, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a less destructive path forward than the one he’s blazing ahead on. No one said you have to agree with every single thing your candidate is for either, if it means that it’s still a step closer in the right direction, a direction in which we can still petition for justice on the matters that concern us and stop the onslaught of misinformation and hate along the way. 

I took the moral high road, because I’d rather practice being a good person than being someone people approve of in their clouded judgment about what this country needs just because I picked the “right” side. And I’m not going to argue sides with them.

Yes, I watched the victory speech. And all I heard was empty promises and trigger words to elicit some false semblance of security and positive action. He says he’s going to do things, but has never said how. All I learned was that the president has a hundred kids and that I wasted a lot of time sitting through a speech that felt like hours but was actually a half hour excuse for him to ramble about himself. So glad you wasted everyone’s time telling them you have a rich friend on your speed dial that saved a state that’s in crisis. If only the poor were fortunate enough to know someone that could hook them up with bribes and rural internet, because that’s all that suffering state, and this suffering country, needs right now. 

Someone said “This is what happens when the machine comes after you,” and all I could think was, no, this is what happens when we give up on ourselves and our country. He was so smug as he stood up there receiving his validation; it’s clear all he cares about is scoring the victory because it strokes his unbelievably ginormous ego.

The man that so many people blindly follow literally said: “We’re gonna do the best job. We’re gonna turn it around. It’s got to be turned around. It’s got to be turned around fast. We’re gonna turn it around and we’re gonna do it in every way with so many ways but we’re gonna do it in every way. This will forever be remembered as the day the American people regained control of the country.” How on Earth can these words be taken verbatim from the leader of our country? As for me, this day will forever be remembered as the day that an ignorant and petty child instilled more doubt and fear in me than I previously had. 

Tell me, how are we going to pay down debt? Tell me, how are we going to reduce taxes? Explain it to me. Right. That’s what I thought. But I must say I do agree that “Nobody has what we have,” but it’s not a compliment to our country. And as of late, I don’t think “We have the greatest people also so maybe that’s the most important thing.” I don’t see this as a “historic realignment,” but a historic derailment and a plague of ignorance. 

Also, is he God? We get it, He spared you, but if He’s holding His breath expecting you to make good use of that second chance - or rather, that third or infinite number of chances - I fear He’s in for disappointment. And I don’t think he appreciates your God complex either. I’m also not so sure about this “common core of common sense” or the “promises made, promises kept,” thing. To that I say: We’ll see. Because I have yet to see a genuine promise from him to be a better human being come to pass. But I guess that’s not what he promised, is it?  

I guess for now I’ll ask you this, Mr. President: Will you keep your promise to justice and the law to serve your time you need to serve for your wrongdoing? Or will you pardon yourself like I know you’re planning to and encourage hate and violence like you always have, without consequence? 

As for the rest of the population, you guys can have him. Because I don’t know you, America. Maybe I never did. And before you feel inclined to debate or argue about anything I’ve said, remember that it’s because the ignorant person beside you is allowed to say their peace that I’m free to speak my mind too. So I guess in some twisted way we still need each other, even if we are in disagreement. I could write another endless commentary about other basic human rights that are still being threatened in modern day society, things we should never have to worry about being denied, but I’ll save that one for a rainy day. Though today feels pretty gloomy to me. 

This is how I woke up and decided to make my unheard voice heard today, and I’ll conclude with this. If the leader of our country is allowed to lead with the irrationality of his prideful emotions instead of rational thought, then let this be me sinking to his level to air out my irrational grievances, because I’m sick of being silent and seemingly supportive of immorality, deception, and corruption. I strongly urge anyone who took the time to read this to see this through a moral human lens, not a political one. For who are we as a nation if we entertain dishonesty, inflated ego, and fear as means to an end? And if we can’t talk reason or speak logic and help each other as a nation to stop being so scared, divided, and misinformed, then I’ll see you all in four years.

I think I’ve rambled on enough myself, so my final question is this: can you stand behind him wholeheartedly? Because if you can, then hats off to you for being steadfast. I really do mean that. If you are so sure that you made the right choice and you can stand behind everything this man stands for, then I’m glad you know who you are. And after yesterday I know who I am too and we don’t have to argue each others’ cases to one another. I’m just going with my gut here. And my gut tells me to be scared and to get ready to not know what’s next with God’s “hand chosen” and “virtuous” leader. But I can tell you from where I’m sitting that this doesn’t feel like a “noble and righteous endeavor” that we’re about to embark on.