David, I am your age. I grew up and lived through the 2000 election fiasco, the devastatingly maniacal Iraq War that cost the lives of tens of thousands Iraqis--not to mention our own killed and wounded, and George Bush generally running the country into massive debt. You know who was helping him do all of that during his presidency--voting with him every step of the way, not only for war, but for the Patriot act that massacred civil liberties? You know who said not a word about "harsh interrogation practices?", i.e. torture? I think you know.
I am African-American. Care to guess who helped build the school to prison pipeline which has mass-incarcerated Black and Brown people in this country? Who called Black gang members "Super Predators"? Who supported the dissolution of Glass Steagall? Who supported "Welfare Reform," NAFTA, the tax repatriation holiday of 2004 for corporate tax dodgers and cheats at 5%?
Who supported the TPP, before she was against it? Who supported a disastrous coup in Honduras? Who supports Israel in whatever it does to the Palestinians--no matter how many Palestinian women and children die from the bombs that we supplied them?
Who has refused to release the transcript of well-paid speeches to Wall Street corporations, but somehow wants us to believe that she'll reign them in and look out for the little guy? Who pushed for our involvement in Libya, something the President called his worst decision as President? Who is currently in favor of a more "muscular" intervention in Syria?
Who benefitted from the DNC's dirty treatment of Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary? Who then hired the architect of the stop Bernie campaign? Who sought the support of Henry Kissinger, a war criminal of the highest order who walks astride the bodies of countless dead citizens of lands far away? I know you're an X-er like me, but maybe you can talk to some people who lived through that time and see if they find you a bit too idealistic and naive, in the way that you are lecturing today's Millennials.
I am not a Millennial, but I can tell you this: If Trump becomes President and tries to do crazy stuff--which he most certainly will--the nation and both Houses of Congress will rise up against him. He will be stopped. That is not true of your candidate for president. She will not be stopped on any of her policies. Why? Because the DNC and the RNC are really one. They both play the same game, and they each of the same constituency--the Rich, the powerful, the corporations. When She sends our sons and daughters to ill-conceived wars while she rocks her grandchildren in her arms, you will defend her and support her because she was the "sane" choice. When she goes back on every single progressive promise she has so far made, you will rest easy because crazy Donald would have been worse. Your candidate is as dangerous as Mr. Trump, especially to people who live in places of the world that you and I never think about. Your critique is quintessentially American--It's all about us surviving. The rest of the world be damned.
Millennials get it. Some X-ers get it too. Better to die for what you believe in than continue to perpetuate a lie. That's what you don't get, Sir. But you will, soon enough.
David, I am your age. I grew up and lived through the 2000 election fiasco, the devastatingly maniacal Iraq War that cost the lives of tens of thousands Iraqis--not to mention our own killed and wounded, and George Bush generally running the country into massive debt. You know who was helping him do all of that during his presidency--voting with him every step of the way, not only for war, but for the Patriot act that massacred civil liberties? You know who said not a word about "harsh interrogation practices?", i.e. torture? I think you know.
I am African-American. Care to guess who helped build the school to prison pipeline which has mass-incarcerated Black and Brown people in this country? Who called Black gang members "Super Predators"? Who supported the dissolution of Glass Steagall? Who supported "Welfare Reform," NAFTA, the tax repatriation holiday of 2004 for corporate tax dodgers and cheats at 5%?
Who supported the TPP, before she was against it? Who supported a disastrous coup in Honduras? Who supports Israel in whatever it does to the Palestinians--no matter how many Palestinian women and children die from the bombs that we supplied them?
Who has refused to release the transcript of well-paid speeches to Wall Street corporations, but somehow wants us to believe that she'll reign them in and look out for the little guy? Who pushed for our involvement in Libya, something the President called his worst decision as President? Who is currently in favor of a more "muscular" intervention in Syria?
Who benefitted from the DNC's dirty treatment of Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary? Who then hired the architect of the stop Bernie campaign? Who sought the support of Henry Kissinger, a war criminal of the highest order who walks astride the bodies of countless dead citizens of lands far away? I know you're an X-er like me, but maybe you can talk to some people who lived through that time and see if they find you a bit too idealistic and naive, in the way that you are lecturing today's Millennials.
I am not a Millennial, but I can tell you this: If Trump becomes President and tries to do crazy stuff--which he most certainly will--the nation and both Houses of Congress will rise up against him. He will be stopped. That is not true of your candidate for president. She will not be stopped on any of her policies. Why? Because the DNC and the RNC are really one. They both play the same game, and they each of the same constituency--the Rich, the powerful, the corporations. When She sends our sons and daughters to ill-conceived wars while she rocks her grandchildren in her arms, you will defend her and support her because she was the "sane" choice. When she goes back on every single progressive promise she has so far made, you will rest easy because crazy Donald would have been worse. Your candidate is as dangerous as Mr. Trump, especially to people who live in places of the world that you and I never think about. Your critique is quintessentially American--It's all about us surviving. The rest of the world be damned.
Millennials get it. Some X-ers get it too. Better to die for what you believe in than continue to perpetuate a lie. That's what you don't get, Sir. But you will, soon enough.