OLD WHITE MEN

 

our government has been compromised by a handful of old men who happen to be all white ... for money and power ... there is no oversight and we are currently living in fascism and oligarchy fueled by racism bigotry and hate ... hidden behind a bible, flags, veterans, and all the other symbols of decency that they actually don't give a shit about except to use as tools to keep real Americans distracted and divided.

For eight years they watched you relentlessly demonize a black President; a man faithfully married for 26 years; a doting father and husband without a hint of moral scandal or the slightest whiff of infidelity.

They watched you deny his personal faith convictions, argue his birthplace, and assail his character—all without cause or evidence. They saw you brandish Scriptures to malign him and use the laziest of racial stereotypes in criticizing him.

And through it all, White Evangelicals—you never once suggested that God placed him where he was,

you never publicly offered prayers for him and his family,

you never welcomed him to your Christian Universities,

you never gave him the benefit of the doubt in any instance,

you never spoke of offering him forgiveness or mercy,

your evangelists never publicly thanked God for his leadership,

your pastors never took to the pulpit to offer solidarity with him,

you never made any effort to affirm his humanity or show the love of Jesus to him in any quantifiable measure.

You violently opposed him at every single turn—without offering a single ounce of the grace you claim as the heart of your faith tradition.You jettisoned Jesus as you dispensed damnation on him.

And yet today, you openly give a “mulligan” to a white Republican man so riddled with depravity, so littered with extramarital affairs, so unapologetically vile, with such a vast resume of moral filth—that the mind boggles.

And the change in you is unmistakable. It has been an astonishing conversion to behold: a being born again.

With him, you suddenly find religion.

With him, you’re now willing to offer full absolution.

With him, all is forgiven without repentance or admission.

With him you’re suddenly able to see some invisible, deeply buried heart.

With him, sin has become unimportant, compassion no longer a requirement.

With him, you see only Providence.

And White Evangelicals, all those people who have had it with you—they see it all clearly.

They recognize the toxic source of your inconsistency.

here are two things that trump has proven about america ... if you are white then the laws and morality in most situations don't apply to you and your're free to do as you please .. facts ... the truth ... none of that matters ... you are instantly forgiven because of the color of your skin plain and simple ... trump is a criminal and is breaking the law right out in the open but it doesn't matter ... and because he is being allowed to behave and do what ever he pleases without any oversight it proves thing number 2 ... bigotry, prejudice, racism, and spite still has roughly one third of this country in its grips and it is all attempted to be hid behind Christianity and a bible ..

They would rather give a strident middle finger to Barack Obama, even at the expense of the air their kids breathe and the schools they attend.

They’d prefer to “own the Libs,” even if their medical bills bankrupt them and businesses migrate away and natural disasters go ignored.

Their white fragility is so profound, that they’ll give this President a blank check because he’s reversing any recent advances by marginalized communities whose gains they see as threats to their own.

They’ll gladly take the bold type headline of “Trump Wins,” without caring to read the fine print where they are being hit the hardest and nothing is trickling down.

Even professed Christians among them, are willing to abandon any semblance of Christlikeness, because they get back the nostalgic veneers and ceremonial trappings of God and Country that Obama couldn’t satisfy because of his pigmentation and his embracing of the world and its religions.

And so these people are thrilled now, simply at the prospect of Liberal tears.

That is the only barometer in this moment of what is good, wise, or productive.

It guides their vote and filters their media and defines their faith and shapes their hearts.

That’s why arguing policies or stating facts or attempting constructive conversation with the people who are pleased right now is almost impossible—because spite is irrational and stubborn and unmovable. It wants emotional food that feels good even if it is filled with empty calories