A Nation of Nosey

When did we become a nation that feels the need to know everything about everyone’s everything? Tweeting pictures of our food, ourselves in every state of dress and by the way, undress. When did we become a nation of bullies, not speaking out against what is wrong, but speaking out FOR what is wrong, bigotry, sexism, ageism, body shaming, pet shaming, racism and a host of other things that we as human being know is wrong?

Donald Trump is the father…err well, possibly “Grandfather” of this movement. With his twitter feed, for a 70 year old man, he behaves like a teenager; a hormone induced, unwieldy, defiant teenager. Saying outrageous things knowing that he won’t be held accountable because he is on a computer, not face to face with the people he targets for his bullying. Believing that no one will call him out on his BS. Erroneously thinking that no one will fact check the things he says.

Donald Trump demands to know things and when presented with the facts, refuses to believe them and refuses to apologize for his behavior. He hounded our current president for years saying he wasn’t born here and yet, the last time I looked, Hawaii was a state of the United States of America. When he was finally presented with the President’s long form birth certificate, did he apologize? No. Did he admit that he was wrong? No. Instead he then started a campaign of demanding the President’s college transcripts to prove that people knew him in college. Donald trump goes from one extreme demand to another never stopping to think of the harm he is doing to this country, or to the people he targets, their families or their friends. And this goes for his business dealings as well. He has left a trail of lawsuits and unpaid bills behind him. Small businesses and the families who ran them left in ruins, having to declare bankruptcy, not just from Donald Trump’s unpaid bills, but from Donald Trump black balling their businesses because they had the nerve to take him to court to demand their payment for services they rendered to him.

This is a serious, very serious matter. The Unites States government can’t declare bankruptcy to get out of its debts. Yet, Donald Trump WILL lead us down this path. Just ask him. He will tell you straight up how he has used the various systems in this country to increase his own wealth. From the courts to the political systems, Donald Trump has made deals. Yes, he has made deals, but those deals were for himself. Has he ever fought for the little guy? Has he ever given his time or money to help people in need? Has he ever done anything for anyone else that did not have the promise of bringing himself something in return? The answer to those questions is no, a resounding NO.

Donald Trump is a danger to America. Not to just our way of life, or our economy, or our fragile society, but also to our standing in the world. This is not a man we want within striking distance of the nuclear codes. This is not a man we want hosting dinners for other heads of state. This is not a man we want dealing with North Korea on the subject of their nuclear weapons. This is not a man we want dealing with the Middle East Crisis. This is not a man we want dealing with our own problems of race, inequality, immigration and anti-LGBT issues that we have in this country. He will not work to solve these divisions but will only serve to drive the divisions and force the gaps to open larger more gaping wounds between our people. His behavior over his whole lifetime is evidence of this. We don’t need to guess about this. He has shown us proof; 70 years of proof.

Understand that when Donald Trump says something, he doesn’t walk it back, he doesn’t apologize, and he doesn’t admit that he is wrong. He has said some pretty outrageous, factually incorrect, and utterly ignorant things. The list is endless. We have come so far in this country. Do we really want to go backwards?