If you ever wondered what it would be like to live in 1937 or 1957, or during the time of events like the Selma to Montgomery marches, you don't have to look far. We are living in it.
From our beginning as a nation to the acceptance of Torture by Americans during the Bush presidency, to now, one thing is crystal clear: America is an ugly place.
And please stop saying this nation was founded on faith and freedom — it was founded on slavery, violence, and white supremacy.
Furthermore, Donald Trump is the standard bearer for all that’s wrong in America.
“Donald Trump has been an immoral, offensive man for decades, but it was not until he put the very humanity of Barack Obama in his crosshairs that he became a cult hero to white supremacists from coast to coast.” -- Shaun King
"Not everyone who voted for Donald Trump is an unapologetic bigot who moderates Stormfront message boards in their spare time. But everyone who voted for him—who saw him speak and heard his rhetoric and believed in his vision for the future—did so understanding exactly with whom they were aligning themselves. For millions of Americans, the fact that their candidate happily courted votes by appealing to the most despicable impulses among us was not a deal-breaker, and the violence that that might result from his decision to give those people a voice was a risk they were willing to take. Now, seven months into his presidency, Donald Trump has fostered a environment in which people who may have once been ashamed of their shameful beliefs—who kept quiet at Thanksgiving and posted anonymously on Twitter and dutifully covered up their tattoos before going to work every morning—are now utterly unafraid to show their faces in broad fucking daylight.”
Saturday “marks the first terrorist attack to occur on this president's watch, but it did not come at the hands of that one religious group he denigrates at every opportunity, and whose adherents he wants desperately to ban from entering the country. Instead, it was committed by people who have been living among us all along, quietly waiting for an opportunity that, at long last, has arrived. Hate has always existed in America. Donald Trump just made it fashionable again."
By Jay Willis
