"Why, as Americans, would we want our president to fail?" Been thinking a lot about that question which was commented on my post on facebook last night. I say all that follows without rage, hate or invective language. I am not loyal to a party, I simply fear for our future. But, yes, I would like to see him fail. First, I would like to see him fail to be inaugurated as president. But if he is, I would like to see him fail at:
* creating any more precedent for disregarding the rule of law
* kicking out foreigners
* robbing us further of our social security
*...and access to affordable public health
* normalizing brutality—beginning with speaking
* making it okay to make fun of people with disabilities
* objectifying women any further—in words, deeds (from groping to rape), diminishing their contributions to society in any way
* lowering the minimum wage
* denigrating war heroes and any other American who has taken a stand against injustice
* criminalizing LGBTQ community or denying their rights as equal human beings under the law
* vilifying anyone engaged in artistic or political expression
* normalizing racism
* denying anyone the right to speak freely especially in regard to philosophy, self-expression, speaking out against or holding accountable government officials
* destroying public education
* redefining or redirecting the moral compass
* lining his personal pockets with financial gain at our expense and his conflicts of interest
* getting away with lying about himself, his business practices, his taxes, his lucrative connections with foreign powers
* setting a precedence for bullying and intimidation as the way to get what you want
* increasing our financial burden with his unethical business practices
* demanding profit be the only determining factor in any decision (personal or corporate)
* further weakening trust in our government with nepotism
* denying the truth/facts in any form–personal or global
* breaking the law and getting away with it
* putting us further in harm’s way with a hair-trigger temper and irrational reactions
* legitimizing fabrication
* continuing to con people into believing his rudeness and irrationality are “telling it like it is”
* giving more of our power as a nation to Putin or any other foreign power
* instilling fear instead of hope
* perpetuating hate
* getting away with being sworn in to represent us, rule over us, project his image as ours and breaking our spirit
* kicking out foreigners
* robbing us further of our social security
*...and access to affordable public health
* normalizing brutality—beginning with speaking
* making it okay to make fun of people with disabilities
* objectifying women any further—in words, deeds (from groping to rape), diminishing their contributions to society in any way
* lowering the minimum wage
* denigrating war heroes and any other American who has taken a stand against injustice
* criminalizing LGBTQ community or denying their rights as equal human beings under the law
* vilifying anyone engaged in artistic or political expression
* normalizing racism
* denying anyone the right to speak freely especially in regard to philosophy, self-expression, speaking out against or holding accountable government officials
* destroying public education
* redefining or redirecting the moral compass
* lining his personal pockets with financial gain at our expense and his conflicts of interest
* getting away with lying about himself, his business practices, his taxes, his lucrative connections with foreign powers
* setting a precedence for bullying and intimidation as the way to get what you want
* increasing our financial burden with his unethical business practices
* demanding profit be the only determining factor in any decision (personal or corporate)
* further weakening trust in our government with nepotism
* denying the truth/facts in any form–personal or global
* breaking the law and getting away with it
* putting us further in harm’s way with a hair-trigger temper and irrational reactions
* legitimizing fabrication
* continuing to con people into believing his rudeness and irrationality are “telling it like it is”
* giving more of our power as a nation to Putin or any other foreign power
* instilling fear instead of hope
* perpetuating hate
* getting away with being sworn in to represent us, rule over us, project his image as ours and breaking our spirit
