Neither left nor right, blue nor red has a corner on correct answers to whatever questions we can muster regarding how to run this country. One thing is for sure: whatever Trump and the rest are attempting to lay out or co-opt since January 20—and long before—is nothing but corruption, motivated by self-interest, vengeance, and a lust for power.
There is currently no attempt to govern in what might be considered a responsible way. All we’re getting is blatant disregard for the rule of law, a stunning coldness, and ignorance manifesting itself in abandoned sanity and rampant incompetence.
There are few days where many of us aren’t hesitant to check the headlines, because we know Donald Trump will sign another Executive Order that sets something back 20 or 100 years, or takes something away from somebody. We know that, on multiple occasions and in different settings, he will say something astoundingly stupid long before the sun sets. He will play the victim, cry and whine and accuse and plot payback for a perceived wrong he’s filed away from years ago, or just a few days ago at the U.N.
The reason I started this post is because of the elephant in the room: despite a bit of daylight shining on the issue of free speech, our efforts largely go nowhere if talking with and listening to each other mostly reminds us why we are so entrenched in the first place.
Therapy is already in order, even before we start arguing over Trump making it to 2028 with intentions of running again.
