Seriously? How Much of This Bullshit Do We Have to Endure?

I'm getting tired.  Really tired.  Every day I get up and read the news while I drink my coffee.  This used to be part of my relaxing morning routine.   It helped me ease into another work day.  Lately it hasn't been so relaxing.  

Now I want you to understand that I don't agree with Donald Trump on anything, but I try to at least look at things with an open mind.  Who knows, maybe at some point he'll do or say something I agree with.  I've been doubtful and hopeful at the same time.  But now I'm neither.   I'm just fed up.

Every morning I spend my first waking minutes reading about things that are so bizarre and cruel that I have to read them two or three times to figure out if they actually happened or if I'm reading some kind of incredible fiction.  This morning it was a bunch of articles from different news agencies reporting that Donald Trump had rolled back an executive order by Barack Obama which directed schools to allow students to use bathrooms for the gender with which they identify.  If you haven't already figured out what this means, it means that a biological male can use a female restroom if he self-identifies as a female and vice versa. 

Republicans are against this idea because they say every student deserves a safe learning environment and this scenario makes them feel unsafe.  I think a simple way to solve the problem would be to ask the students what they think.  I suspect that, for the most part, they wouldn't care one way or another.  Let's just ask them.  When I was a student I don't think we would have cared.

Ok, back to my point.  Every day I see another example of the Trump administration's  disregard for basic right and wrong.  And it's not just disregard, it's indignant disregard.  Mean, cruel, self-righteous disregard.  Disregard for the environment.  Disregard for the Constitution.  Disregard for freedom of the speech and our right to listen to others.  Disregard for our health.  Disregard for the education of our children.  Disregard for our efforts to build a decent life for ourselves.  Disregard for our basic needs.  Disregard for our country.

Basic social theory says that, as citizens of a country, we must contribute by paying taxes and obeying laws.  In return, our country provides for us.  In Trump's world things just don't work that way.  Our president has built a predatory government with no intention or duty to provide for us.  In fact, they are systematically taking away basic human rights as well as rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution.  And I'm fed up with it.

My question now is "What are we going to do about it?"  We can't put up with this forever.  We can't even put up with this for four years.  This man is a malignant narcissist who gets what he wants by bullying others who are in no position to resist him.  He preys on the weak and defenseless.  He is truly a living example of the worst qualities of mankind.

Please take a few minutes to think about our current situation.  I'm not asking you to do anything crazy.  I'm just asking you to speak up when you see something that you know is wrong.  Not just once.  Every time.  Eventually this will have some effect and maybe we'll all get some relief.  And maybe I'll be able to enjoy my coffee again.