Tin Bird wrote:"Living here in the US, I cannot feel there shall be much happiness and joy in any of these upcoming years --- "
While I can understand your incredulity, I must disagree with this statement. My heart us filled with joy and happiness right now. My son was just accepted to the college of his choice, my job is going well, my health problems while still a bother have been bearable and I feel that my life is on an upswing. I feel blessed and grateful for these moments. No offense baht, but that other stuff you are going on about sounds like MSNBC prattle. Didn't vote for the dude, but I think your pronunciations are over the top.
If all that concerns one is their own personal life, then it makes perfect sense that one would express such a view and react in a manner of opposition to the comments I had made. If it is troublesome to anyone that I put the common good before my own personal happiness, then I do not take offense. I just hope that no one else would take offense from the comments I offer.
Much concern I have is not primarily for 'the dude', as you casually call him. As I believe I had made clear in my previous post, the concern is more for the "pitchforks and torches" mentality of american citizens that we've witnessed at the convention and those ralleys - this hate-filled mindset has placed this unqualified and undignified person in the most powerful role on the planet. But more importantly, one can see from the hundreds of reported incidences of hate filled intimidation and occasional physical assaults since the election took place, that these people who once felt marginalized by their twisted views are now feeling emboldened and unfortunately, quite empowered.
To expand on my initial posting, throughout the 200 plus years of this nation, whenever minorities in this country - whether determined by race, gender or sexual identity - have made strides for equality, then there always follows a coordinated undertaking to strike down those gains. Progress happens slowly and takes a lot of effort. Unfortunately, it does not take as much effort to use fear and hatred to wipe out such progress.