Politichaos

Resolving the Ruckus

Brigid Parsons: Time to Stop Being Complacent

Yes, there is a small percentage of people who are raging racists, sexist, bigots and just plain stupid. Donald Trump has given them a very big voice. But I HAVE to believe that most of the people that voted for him are just feeling completely powerless/voiceless because of the way Congress has been inept for the past way-too-many years. 'Elitists' cannot put them all in a 'basket of deplorables', the 'others', because we all do have to work together, dissolve barriers instead of building them. It would be too easy, and accomplish nothing, to just point and say 'ew'. My greatest fear is not his policies, most crazy ones will probably be reigned in a bit to just distasteful. Mostly, it's that he has given that small percentage permission to spew vile hatred, intimidate, promote violence toward society's most vulnerable. I will be looking for a way to expend efforts to help.

Love, compassion and truth must win out, time to stop being complacent.