WLJ wrote:Frailer wrote:WLJ wrote:IF someone disagreed with Obama on what toppings to put on a pizza all you heard 24/7 afterwards was RACIST! RACIST! RACIST!
He left off the sausage because he’s Muslim.
And Pepperoni
BTW: Never saw anything that made me think he was actually muslim.
I don't believe any thinking person actually believed this; even those who selectively (and deceptively) quoted his autobiography's comments about "standing with the Muslims..." It was just fear, uncertainty, and doubt being spread by the Right--just as the Left is now doing as they try to convince us that Trump is in league with the Russians.
My continuing frustration is with those who actually believe that either the Democratic or Republican Party is "right"--or even that one is more right than the other. They are both *private*, non-governmental organizations who have no interest other than dominance of the American political landscape while lining their own pockets. They have successfully managed to convince the majority of Americans that we have only two choices in any election. Every four years we're told that this election is "the most important in history" and that if we don't vote for their guy/gal all will be lost.
I firmly believe that if just 10% of us would refuse to comply with the myth of two choices both parties would have to start operating differently. Voting isn't about "winning"; it's about making your voice heard. A vote for a "D" or an "R" is as good as an abstention, because it's just a vote for the status quo. And the status quo sucks.
To be honest, I'm not really all that pissed at Trump about all this. Yet. He has a really bad habit of "thinking out loud" and saying whatever his audience at the time wants to hear, and I don't know if anything of significance will fall out. Unless we have another "mass shooting" in the near future I suspect any sort of national-level ban would require congressional action that would get completely derailed in committee, and to be brutally honest raising the firearms purchase age to match that of alcohol doesn't ruffle my feathers too greatly (although I'll concede that maybe it should).
But if we don't wake the hell up, fire Wayne LaPierre, and start making our logical, reasonable, non-emotional, *non-partisan* case to ordinary Americans who are on the fence on gun issues we're going to get totally screwed in the next decade.
All IMHO, of course.