If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that during 2020, I’ve started becoming a lot more vocal about politics, and shared many related posts on my Stories. Recently, I’ve been keeping a tab on some opinions I’ve shared on that platform, and will continue to do so. I thought I’d share those thoughts here as well…
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To Republicans,
For the few decades that I’ve been aware that there is a solid difference between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Republicans, I have for the most part been very cordial between the two sides. 2020 was the year that I had to actually “pick a side,” and I chose the side that wasn’t persistently denying multiple topics; COVID-19, systemic racism, the election, and economic inequalities. Then January 6, 2021, happened, and now I also have to add accountability to that list.
Republicans, what the heck happened to you? You are supposed to be the party of financial responsibility, accountability, and state rights. Lately however, you seem to be the party that supports tax cuts for the rich in spite of the national deficit, believe in ridiculous conspiracy theories, and are okay with breaking the rules to commit sedition. The Democrats are actually the ones being responsible enough to step up to help Americans financially during a pandemic, are all about facts over unsubstantiated speculation, and want accountability on those who commit a crime.
Did Trump and QAnon completely brainwash the party, or at the least implode it? Don’t you Republicans realize that your continual act of denial and defiance against facts and the well being of all Americans, are making you out to be the bad guys, and not these supposed revolutionary saviors of the USA?
Seventy percent of Republicans believe that Joe Biden stole the election! Seventy percent!
To you Republicans who still don't believe Biden legitimately won the 2020 Presidential election, you have the right to just never vote again. Your lack of faith in the voting system of American Democracy is unbecoming. If you actually believe that there is widespread voter fraud that would actually affect the outcome of the electoral votes for the US President (but somehow not the results of the Senate / Congressional races?), then you just outed yourself as somebody who shows no faith and no respect to all those American ballot counters, and is outright undermining the American voting system that represents the Democracy of the USA. How Un-American of you.
How dare you Republicans spread fake news about widespread voter fraud. What are you, triggered and acting like a snowflake who can't accept the LEGAL results of the election, that have been validated and verified by even the top Republican officials? If this election fraud conspiracy actually existed, don’t you realize how many people would have to be involved, and how many loose ends that would create that could easily prove it happened? Don’t you realize how ridiculous your election fraud claims sound? Why don't you just move to Russia if you want to have an Authoritarian Totalitarian President that much?
Of course, for those Republicans in charge who actually know for a fact that Democrats just simply outvoted Republicans in the 2020 Presidential election, they now want to make it even harder for people to vote, by creating more restrictions on this act of United States democracy. What an unsurprising move.
Speaking of unsurprising. Remember when you Republicans said that COVID-19 was just a “plandemic” conspiracy, that was made-up for political reasons, and would immediately just “go away” right after the election? Hey! It’s literally Months after the election! Coronavirus is still here you idiots! You anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, facts denying imbeciles! If you don’t believe in the vast majority of Health professionals who say COVID-19 is real, and that you should take precautions to curtail the spread of this virus, then never ever go to a Doctor or go to the Hospital for your health! Don’t be a hypocrite. You either believe in the science or you don’t.
You Republicans love saying that COVID-19 is nothing more than the flu (over 49k die of influenza a year), with a survival rate of 98% or whatever you want to comfort yourselves with. First off, that’s very disrespectful to the 439k plus of Americans who have died from COVID-19, and the family and friends who have to suffer from the loss. Secondly, don’t you remember what happens when you get the flu? You’re told to stay home, so you don’t infect others. You know like social distancing? You’re told to take flu medicine to get better. You know like taking the COVID vaccine? When people around you find out you have the flu, they say “don’t get me sick,” “stay away from me,” hinting that you shouldn’t be around people, and if you are, then you may as well wear a mask so you don’t spread it around! If you have the flu, you’re not hanging out with other people, and purposefully denying health advice. Double standards much?
You want to compare COVID-19 to other things that cause death? Alright here we go… Over 650k die of Heart disease a year. It’s constantly promoted to eat healthy and exercise. Heart disease is not contagious. About 600k die of cancer a year. There are warning labels about cancerous products, and there’s treatment for those affected. Cancer is not contagious. Over 173k die of unintentional injuries a year. We have safety guidelines that ranges from work classes, safety-belt laws, to simple common sense. Unintentional injuries are not contagious. Over 150k die of stroke or cerebrovascular disease a year. Experts remind you to live a healthy life, and there are even guidelines to follow. Strokes are not contagious. Over 120k die of Alzheimer’s a year. There are also guidelines to follow to minimize the risk. Alzheimer’s is not contagious. Over 87k die of diabetes a year. Eat healthier and exercise. Diabetes is not contagious. Over 51k die of Nephritis; kidney inflammation, a year. Living a healthier lifestyle is suggested. Nephritis is not contagious. Over 47k die of suicide a year. Encouraging mental health is advised. Suicide is not contagious. These are leading causes of death in the USA. None of these mentioned are contagious, but they do have procedures and treatment to deal with them that are generally accepted by everybody.
So let’s have this addition to that list now. Over 439k died of COVID-19 so far. Social distancing, wearing masks, and taking the COVID vaccine, are what is advised by the experts. Coronavirus is in fact contagious. Do you really want to minimize coronavirus by comparing it to other forms of death now?
The United States of America is essentially at war against COVID-19! What do you do in war? You soldier-up, join forces, take precautions, go into battle with a strategy to win against the enemy. Well, the enemy has killed 439k plus, and you’re just letting it happen!
Why do you Republicans refuse to take COVID-19 seriously? I thought you were all about the strength of the economy. You know what happens during a pandemic? The economy tanks. You know this for a fact, because that’s exactly what happened in 2020. If Trump really wanted to save the economy, then he should have done everything he can to not let the pandemic get out of control. The irony here is that China has finally overtaken the United States as the world’s leading destination for foreign direct investment. That’s right, new investments by overseas businesses into the U.S., which for decades held the No. 1 spot, fell 49% in 2020, as the country struggled to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and economic output slumped. You see that people? High COVID numbers equals a bad economy. Do your part Americans!
Speaking of the economy, you Republicans are all about that trickle-down economics right? Cut taxes for the rich, and money is supposed to flow down to the middle-class and poor? Well… “In a new study, David Hope of the London School of Economics and Julian Limberg of King’s College London lay waste to the theory. They reviewed data over the last half-century in advanced economies and found that tax cuts for the rich widened inequality without having any significant effect on jobs or growth. Nothing trickled down.” Billionaires actually gained $1 Trillion of wealth during this pandemic, despite the fact that Millions of Americans lost their jobs and are in danger of being destitute. The stock market actually went up, while millions are lining up in food banks! That’s crazy!
Don’t you Republicans dare deflect by saying that the economy will be even worse under a Democrat President. The past several decades have proven that Republican Presidents have a habit of tanking the US economy, and it takes a Democrat to save it, time and time again.
You want to talk taxes now? Remember that 2017 “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” that you Republicans and Trump passed? Well, those tax cuts are designed to decrease in the span of 8 years. By 2027, Taxpayers with incomes of $75,000 and under (65 percent of taxpayers) will face a higher tax rate than they did in 2019. Gotta make up for those Tax cuts for the rich right? So are you going to keep claiming that only Democrats raise taxes? Now put another tidbit into perspective… In the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was booming, the wealthiest Americans paid a top income tax rate of 91%. Today, the top rate is 37%. On the subject of the past, do you know how much the federal minimum wage would actually be, if it had kept pace with productivity? $24! How much is it now? $7.25! Do you Republicans really want to help fight against economic inequality? Then stop being selfish, and tax the rich. Let’s make it actually fair for all Americans.
About Americans. So called Americans on January 6, 2021, thought they were going to “save the country” via insurrection in the US Capitol, because they wanted to prevent the constitutional act of confirming the electoral college votes for the US President? How can any American justify this attack of American democracy? An attack that would not have happened if Trump and his cronies did not incite the mob to go for it.
This Trump mob storming the US Capitol is the height of privilege. Their guy losing an election is enough reason for them to try and commit insurrection against the American government? People of other countries have far far far more legitimate reasons to be actual true revolutionaries. Shame on these traitors of American Democracy!
I know you Republicans love your whataboutisms. Since you want to justify January 6, 2021, you compare it to the Black Lives Matter movement protests in 2020, let me just say this. You can’t equate an insurrection to protests! You can’t equate trying to overthrow the American Government, to opportunistic people that cause the lootings and burnings. You can’t equate those traitors of American Democracy, to the real patriots fighting for equal rights!
The vast majority of people in the BLM movement actually want peaceful; albeit disruptive, protests. They don’t actually condone the looting and burnings. BLM have been seen to have actually protected businesses against such violent acts. Unlike Trump who continually encourage his supporters to get more violent. To further clarify the different stances, on May 31, 2020, Biden released a statement that said protesting police brutality is “right and necessary” and the “American response." “But burning down communities and needless destruction is not,” Biden wrote. “Violence that endangers lives is not. Violence that guts and shutters businesses that serve the community is not.” With that said, during January 6. 2021, members of the mob were actually proud that they stormed the US Capitol for Trump’s sake. As usual, Trump only claimed to condemn the violent acts hours after the fact (he usually takes days), when it’s already too late, as he wants to give his supporters a wink and a nod that he is just saying that to appease the critics (stand back and stand by).
Trump and his cronies should be held responsible for the deaths and damage done that day. Congress did the right thing by impeaching him for a second time BEFORE he left office. The conviction needs to happen to finalize that, but politics once again is influencing the decisions of the Republican politicians. All because they don’t want to lose votes and monetary contributions. Cowards!
For those who believe Trump should not be convicted on his impeachment, let me ask you this… Do you not believe in accountability? It’s the reason we imprison those who commit crimes. It’s the reason we punish kids for bad behavior. It’s the reason we have rules and laws. If Trump doesn’t get convicted, it opens the door for future lame-duck Presidents to do whatever they want to undermine an upcoming administration. Do you really want that?
You Republicans cry that Democrats needs “to move on for the sake of unity, and not create more division.” You know what? Attempting to throw away 81.2 Million votes for Joe Biden isn’t exactly an act of unity, but it is definitely an act for division. You Republicans simply have not been very convincing that you actually want unity. What you want is for Democrats to just give in to all your demands. That's not unity, that's an unhealthy toxic abusive relationship.
If you’ve read this far down, and actually are a Republican… Did I offend you? Did I trigger you? Did I hurt your feelings? Let me ask you these now… Why is it, the Democrats always have to worry about not hurting the feelings of Republicans? Always having to be the one to reach across the aisle? Always having to worry about whether conservatives are going to cry or be upset. Who is the real snowflake here?
You Republicans need to do a bit of soul-searching and figure out what happened to your party. Ask yourselves why you are getting all these push-back from your fellow Americans. Ask yourselves how far you’ll go for unsubstantiated speculative conspiracy theories that have no basis in facts. Ask yourselves why during the Trump Presidency, the global image of the USA has declined in embarrassing fashion. Ask yourselves if you’re even the Republican party, or the Trump MAGA party, or the QAnon party. Ask yourselves why I said everything I said in this lengthy blog post, and consider the fact that all the points I have made couldn’t possibly be all lies. Right?
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