Having watched the Trump Kakistocracy trample all over
human dignity for over a year, I can certainly understand the frustration and
anger that would lead patrons to boo the homeland security secretary in a
Mexican restaurant, or why the owner of a small independent restaurant would
ask the White House mouth piece to leave—I can understand it, but I cannot
approve of such behavior. I was distressed when I saw Representative Maxine
Waters on TV calling on people to confront these bullies whenever they see them
in public, to make it uncomfortable for them.
You see, this kind of behavior is what they do. At the very time spokesperson Sanders
was lamenting the call for people to shame the kakistocrats in public, the Kakistocrat-in-Chief
was engaged in public name-calling. That is not who we are as a society—at least,
not the society I want my grandchildren to grow up in. We should aspire to be a
society of people who treat each other with courtesy, regardless of our
religions or political affiliation, gender, race, or sexual preference. What we
should not be doing is crawling into
the sewer these people inhabit.
If we wish to highlight their bad behavior, I can
assure you, we will not accomplish it by being even half as bad as them. We do
it by being just the opposite of them. Where they try to incite hatred and
fear, we encourage love and confidence. When they take actions to drive wedges
between us, we work to build bridges.
So, let’s not
confront these people when we see them in public places. Allow them to enjoy
their meals unmolested. If they make eye contact—and the ones who are still
capable of feeling shame probably won’t—smile. That will drive them wild trying
to figure out what you’re really thinking about them.
You won’t change their behavior by doing this, but you
will show our children that the clown act they see on TV is not how real, adult
Americans behave.
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