This is just so tiring.
Here's why Schumer's praise is galling:
IF we get rid of Trump, everyone who supported him is going to try going back to "normal."
"Normal" means we all still act like we all believe in a land of equality and democracy and decency.
But they've proved otherwise.
IF we get rid of Trump, everyone who supported him is going to try going back to "normal."
"Normal" means we all still act like we all believe in a land of equality and democracy and decency.
But they've proved otherwise.
We'd been extending the benefit of the doubt, that despite our differences, we all wanted the same things.
But they're trying to install a supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy.
We don't want the same things.
To return to normal now is to pretend we don't know.
That's wrong.
But they're trying to install a supremacist authoritarian kleptocracy.
We don't want the same things.
To return to normal now is to pretend we don't know.
That's wrong.
They want the fruit of shared value after trying to cut down the orchard
And they don't just want to return to "normal" for comfort
They want to old "normal" so they can use our goodwill, the same as they have before
They'd install another Trump. a worse one, more successful
And they don't just want to return to "normal" for comfort
They want to old "normal" so they can use our goodwill, the same as they have before
They'd install another Trump. a worse one, more successful
We need our leaders to see things as they are.
Peter King is an Islamaphobe and an active participant in an ongoing attempt to demolish democratic norms and establish a supremacist autocracy. It's good he's leaving.
Seeing a leader praise him just offends.
Peter King is an Islamaphobe and an active participant in an ongoing attempt to demolish democratic norms and establish a supremacist autocracy. It's good he's leaving.
Seeing a leader praise him just offends.
It's not that we don't like civility.
It's that civility doesn't magically turn a lie into the truth.
And if your friend belongs to a gang of bigots that's selling our country for spare parts, that should affect your friendship with them.
If it doesn't, we have to wonder.
It's that civility doesn't magically turn a lie into the truth.
And if your friend belongs to a gang of bigots that's selling our country for spare parts, that should affect your friendship with them.
If it doesn't, we have to wonder.
In praising King, Schumer is signaling his willingness to go back to normal NOW, even now, before the question of escaping Trump is even settled.
It's just so very tiring.
We'd do well to replace leaders who tire us for leaders who energize us.
And who tell the truth.
It's just so very tiring.
We'd do well to replace leaders who tire us for leaders who energize us.
And who tell the truth.
