One of the great aspects of our Democracy is that "We, the People" have the freedom to develop our own opinion on topics that occur in life whether it is social, economic, political, sports,fashion and that we are allowed to express those opinions in a non-violent way. There have been issues that have divided us to the core, i.e. Slavery, Women's Suffrage, Equal Rights, Civil Rights, and Vietnam. It is because of our Democracy that America has always eventually evolved form these issues for the better. However, this is the first time that our Nation is facing a crisis where our President wants to destroy our Democracy and make himself "judge, jury, and executioner".
Donald Trump wants to achieve this by infusing and promoting hatred between the citizens of the United States. The American political system is no longer made up of the Republican and Democratic Parties but the Alt Right or Pro Trump and the Alt Left or Anti Trump. The Alt Right wants to move this Country back to Pre-WWI era where all aspects of life were dominated by White Christian Men. In the world that Trump and his alt right supporters want to take us back to, we would be isolationist on the international stage, Jim Crow laws would be reinstated, women and Hispanics would be second class citizens, and homosexual and transgender rights would cease to exist. Racism and antisemitism is already on the rise as Nazis and Klan members have no qualms about spreading their evil doctrine thanks to the support they receive from Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and Donald Trump.
The Alt Left believes in the good and common decency of humanity. We believe that ALL men and women are created equal in the eyes of the law and the Lord. People should be treated with compassion and kindness and if we have our differences we can discuss and debate them like adults. This is what makes America the Greatest Country on Earth! Americans would not get these freedoms if we lived in Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, etc. The President of the United States should be promoting the traits that Americans have that bind us together not tear us apart.
Unfortunately, Donald Trump does the latter with the obnoxious, vindictive, and self serving words he spews out during his speeches, on Twitter, or through his rotating door of press secretaries and mouth pieces in the White House and on talk radio. Trump treats people like we are his possessions or property. He could care less about the average American citizen whether you are a U.S. Senator or a worker in a factory in Ohio. Trump cares about himself and his quest to not only undo all of President Obama's achievements but to rip apart the Constitution. Leaders like Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, FDR, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln encouraged Americans to reach goals that no one else could achieve but more importantly to judge their fellow man based on their actions and not their nationality, color of their skin, sex, religion, or sexual orientation.
My 9th grade history teacher taught me that we should not "study history in a vacuum" & to "learn the lessons from the past". All Americans have a responsibility to make sure that Donald Trump does not destroy our Democracy and that America remains the "shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere"
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