Welcome to a discussion about the 5th Revolution in the US, which I’ve titled the “Revenge Revolution.” For more about the Revenge Revolution and the author, click “About the Author” tab.  Periodically I write a “sense check” about the status of the Revolution, one of which seems to occur about every 50 years in the US.

The previous “sense check” was ENTRY #500. Much has happened since Entry #500 to reinforce my belief we are currently embroiled in US Revolution 5, which I’ve labeled the “Revenge Revolution.”

BEGIN ENTRY #517: The American voting public is stupid. Such a statement might seem harsh and elitist. And maybe so.  But how else does one explain electing a fraudster, convicted felon, serial liar with no known positive attributes to become president, again?

Besides, insults seem to be the only type of statements MAGAts understand. Clearly, logic and taking the high road were ineffective approaches.

I’ll cut some slack to those who voted for Trump the first time, but not the second. All the negative attributes of Trump cautioned about before the 2016 election, and widely documented in an array of publications over the years, were proved correct during the four years of his administration. Those negative attributes were reinforced during the Biden administration and even more apparent during the campaign against Kamala Harris.

Where was the much of the voting public during the last eight years? Apparently, being brainwashed even more by Fox Misinformation Network. (Just in case you missed it, Fox agreed in April 2023 to pay Dominion Voting Systems $785 million to settle a defamation suit stemming from Fox promoting fraudulent information about Dominion’s voting machines in the 2020 election.)

OK, so you voted for Trump in 2024 because you were frustrated with some of the Biden administration policies, or maybe you couldn’t stand the idea of a black woman as president.  The policies that were so frustrating?  The ones that resulted in strong economic growth, the lowest unemployment rate in more than 50 years, a record high for the stock market, and legislation  to repair and expand infrastructure. 

Recall all the “infrastructure” programs under Trump that got enacted?  You don’t recall any?  At least you have some memory left because there were none, even though Trump controlled both houses of Congress for part of his term and had regular “infrastructure” sessions.

But, no, none of the accomplishments of the Biden/Harris administration mattered.  MAGAts were focused on real issues, like Biden administration’s commitment to give some rights to a tiny percentage of the population who’s transgender.  MAGAts know transgenders are not real people, so why give them rights?

MAGAts, why don’t you put on your big boy pants and focus on issues that matter.  Regardless of your political views, every administration is going to implement some policies you disagree with. What should be criteria for evaluating is whether the policies benefit the citizenry of the country and not a select group of politicians, or say the very wealthy, like Trump’s tax cuts did.

We all need to keep in mind citizens have equal protection under the law. While one might not agree with another’s personal behavior, as a society, we have laws to protect individual rights. Rights are defined by the Constitution.  Rights are not defined by some short-term president, some blowhard politician or some religious group.

In the Bill of Rights – notice the name – Amendment I of the US Constitution reads as follows, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for the redress of grievances.”  That’s the entire First Amendment.

For those who slept through American History class from elementary school through high school, the pilgrims left England and came to America to be able to establish and enjoy freedom of religion. The US was not founded based on a single religion.

For those who claim because many of the basic laws in the US are consistent with the 10 Commandments, the US was therefore founded on Christianity.  If you’re in that group, please read the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy not in the Trump bible but as written in the Torah. If one wants to pick a religion as the foundation for the US, the logical choice would be Judaism and not Christianity.  

Where is the lesson from this discussion? Clearly more educated voters would make better choices when selecting candidates for office. My question to those who voted for Trump, especially a second time, “Do you really understand who Trump is and what he wants to do?”  “Are you prepared for the chaos that will occur under his new administration?”

Yes, most everyone agrees there are parts of the government that could be improved. But, improvements are needed in most organizations, relationships, and even structures. Because your house needs a few repairs, do you destroy it? Destroying something is always easier than fixing it.  Once destroyed, rebuilding takes more time and effort than repairing and results in more disruption to normal operations. 

What do we have with Trump and his incoming administration?  Conan the Barbarian on steroids.  Assume your bathroom faucet is leaking. You call a plumber named Trump.  Does Trump the plumber fix the leak in the faucet?  No, he tears down your house.

Funny, ha, ha it isn’t. Keep in mind Trump is not loyal to anyone.  He does not care if you voted for him.  You can quickly become a target and be on the receiving end of the viciousness of some of Trump’s policies. 

What a small majority of the public has done is vote to assign responsibility for the welfare of the country and much of the world to someone with the maturity and intellect of a 6-year-old spoiled brat.  The MAGAts have elected a TOT to help determine everyone’s future.  The TOT is Trump the Orange Tyrant. END ENTRY #517

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