With Trump Gone, You Are the Enemy
By: Terry Paulson
The secular progressive left bicoastal elites will totally fail in their efforts to make 75 million multiracial middle and working class voters and everyday regular citizens into an enemy.
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For over four years, the left has fueled its media headlines and party donations on hatred for President Trump, but now Trump is gone. Who is the enemy who can take his place and keep Americans from asking uncomfortable questions about Biden’s race to socialism? The answer is unsettling—the enemy is YOU, the 74 million dangerous “extremists” who voted for the “evil” Donald Trump.
To ensure media cover from close scrutiny during the first one-hundred days of the Biden administration, they’ve embraced a second impeachment attempt after President Trump has already left office. They don’t care that it will go nowhere. The questionable constitutionality of attempting to remove a president who already removed himself doesn’t stop them. They know that a contentious senate trial will please the angry “Hate Trump” left. It will keep the headlines on Trump and the “pending insurrection” by his supporters instead of exploring the danger of the myriad of Biden initiatives.
The fences around the Capitol and the thousands of National Guard troops positioned to protect the Capitol from Trump supporters are designed to legitimize the fear. There have been no attacks. The biggest challenge has turned out to be how to house and take care of all the troops. Boredom is, well, boring, especially when you have been called away from your home and your job to do nothing in a battle with a non-existent threat.
With no new attacks on the Washington mall, the left has focused on a different battleground—social media. They claim that the conservative “insurrectionists” are using social media platforms to spread their “hate.” The “haters” have the audacity to openly criticize President Biden’s legitimacy and his extreme leftist executive orders that promise to destroy the America they love. They’re accused of spreading “disinformation” and entertaining calls for “revolution.” These so-called “dangerous extremists” still actually believe that fraud was involved in the November election. They openly criticize the supposedly “unifying” actions of President Joe Biden. They’re angry, and they promise to create political, not armed, resistance. Since Democrats label Trump supporters as “clearly dangerous,” their free speech must obviously be silenced.
The plan is all too clear! Keep former President Donald Trump and key conservative thought leaders off Twitter and Facebook. Demonize all who disagree with Biden as extremists or supporters of QAnon, Nazism, and the KKK. Of course, such extremists deserve to be silenced, reprogramed, disarmed, shamed, and kept away from Washington. Keep the fences up; pretend the attacks are sure to come.
The left points to the increase in gun sales as a sign of a pending insurrection and the need for gun control legislation, but there is an alternative explanation. People are buying guns because they have seen how Democrat-controlled cities fail to protect citizens in the face of leftist riots and looting. They fear that the leftist riots and looting will once again take control of the streets in their cities. They are ready to protect themselves because Democrats clearly won’t.
The left ought to know by now that the Republican Trump supporters they fear have no time for “insurrection.” As always, conservatives are workers and achievers. They’re busy doing what they can to adjust their businesses and their tax obligations to survive Biden’s lunge to the left. They’re used to left-leaning politicians doing crazy things, and they’re creatively working to survive in spite of all the changes. While Democrats run to Washington with their hands out for their promised entitlements, conservatives get busy playing a poor hand well and trying to succeed without them!
President Biden doesn’t want to be blamed for the continuing economic malaise, so he’s setting low expectations, suggesting that the economy may take a decade to bounce back from the COVID pandemic. If he gets his way on taxes, it may take as long as he remains in office! He wants to tax the wealthy, but the wealthiest Americans don’t make an “income” to be taxed. They work their wealth and tax loopholes to make more wealth. Biden’s tax increases will cost the small business owners who create the vast majority of new jobs and generate needed economic growth. When they suffer, jobs disappear. Who are impacted most? The most disadvantaged. No wonder it will take a decade to recover.
Of course, government employees and unions are happy. Their man is in THE OFFICE. To Democrats, the deep state is not the problem; it is the tool Biden needs to drive his desired transformation. Government employees haven’t lost a dime from their salaries during the pandemic. Even those furloughed for a time will get their full salary owed them. It was government that used the COVID pandemic to close down those “non-essential” businesses—those businesses owned by the pesky “extremists” who voted for Trump. Let them eat cake…if they can afford cake!
So, if you are one of the 74 million Trump voters, expect to be called every name in the left’s play book, to have higher taxes and more regulations, and to experience indigestion every time Biden speaks about “unity” and just getting along. Let them have their unnecessary Capitol fences. Trust that the Democrats who are so focused on blaming and attacking us will find out that such abuse of power is unbecoming, unethical, and costly long-term. Such heavy-handed actions just motivate those attacked to look forward to the next opportunity to vote the scoundrels out.
For now, do as you always do as conservatives. Take care of your families, your businesses, and your faith. In less than two years, you’ll be able to fill out your report card for the Biden team during the mid-term elections. We can’t wait!
Terry Paulson is a Ph.D. psychologist, author, and professional speaker on Earned Optimism, Making Change Work, Claiming Your American Dream, and Becoming a Conservative Values Voter.
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throw in the tea party, oath keepers, a handful of religious cults, and you have most of the right wing fully accounted for...
The irony is that we now know that of the activity on line pre planning the assault on the capitol building more of it took place on Facebook than on all other platforms combined.
We also know that Trump watched the assault for "several hours" before calling for an end to it by Tweet.
WH officials reported that he was delighted and excited until order was restored and they continued the validation of the votes.
Yes, because adults can't think rationally without someone Tweeting a call for rationalization after it was way too late.
the real irony is that now most trumpsters with a cell phone probably just made some DHS/FBI list. tough shit for domestic terrorists that think insurrection is no big deal.
I suggest the Trump right consider a virtual Jonestown, where they all symbolically swallow the kool-aid. That is where all this monumental self-pity belongs, isnt it?
What self pity. We are openly defiant and will resist everything the Dems and their supporters say and do and openly mock them to their faces at every opportunity. We are the resistance and we stand tall and proud and totally unapologetic with Trump and Trumpism.
Americans are laughing at the abject stupidity of the feeble-minded Trumpists who are delusional enough to think anyone cares about their idiotic pretense at "resistance" and their slavish obedience to the Trumpist religion.
Pitiful.
That those on the left side think so makes my expression of what I said all the better...
... pathetic.
Childish exclamations simply illustrates the absurdity of your position.
You are not 'we'. And those who share the above view are engaging in irrationality. Opposing everything D is not reasoning ... it is pure emotion. There is no objective reasoning but rather the uber-simplistic rejection of anything proposed by the ' other side '.
One should be embarrassed to exclaim ' I will not think like an adult, I will not consider facts and logic, I will simply oppose everything '. That is childish and counterproductive.
So, if one is of the 81,281,502 who voted for Biden, expect to be called a fraudulent deep state commie voter by 74 million Trump voters. Is that how it works?
There never were 81 million legitimate votes for Biden in the first place.
50 States and several territories stated otherwise, capped off by Mike Pense's official approval.
You believe Trump (no supporting evidence for his lies) over the entire USA electoral system??
Non sequitur. My point was that Trump lied repeatedly in an attempt to steal the election. His claims were found to be false (lies) by the full process of our electoral and judicial system.
Clinging to the lies told by Trump is not a good look.
Trump didn’t lie. Period.
That has got to win the award for the most obvious lie expressed on the site. In addition, it is a n'uh 'uh ' rebuttal '.
Can credibility go negative?
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That's one of dem fancy chocolates with da liquor Mama likes, right?
I don't understand how supposed adults can't think for themselves. Why does it take someone else talking, tweeting, posting, etc. to form "an opinion" that was doled out? People scream about being an individual, but there have been so many situations in the past year that indicate fewer individuals forming his / her / their own opinions. Rather, there appears to be far more people following... so much for "snowflakes."
Furthermore, this is not a bi-partisan issue. Neither the "left" nor the "right" are less or more about being followers. This is something I see from many people from both "sides" and I find it sad. I don't want anyone to tell me what or how to think personally. I'm pretty good at forming my own opinions thanks. Maybe that's why I don't have a Twitter account; I don't really give a rat's hairy ass what people have to say in 140 characters or less.
For me, Facebook is for maintaining connections with busy and distant family and friends. My FB profile is set to private and only friends or friends of friends can see any content on my profile. My feed is only available to friends. Strangers can only see my profile name and profile photo, which is "Buddy Christ" from the Kevin Smith film, "Dogma." The only other social media I use is NT.
It looks like you believe in personal responsibility. Me too! As my mother used to say, if your friend jumped off a bridge would you?
Every adult is responsible for their own actions as far as I am concerned.
Seems we are becoming a society of blame! It always has to be someone’s fault that so and so decided to be an ass and do something stupid.
Absolutely!
A little anecdote:
My daughter was in the 5th grade and her teacher was very big on personal responsibility. I love that teacher. Both my kids had her. Anyways... my daughter was in tears, because she realized (after the school was closed of course) that she left the homework that she needed to do, in her desk. She always freaked out when she "got flipped to blue." (color coding system for behavior) I told her to go into class, walk right to where the cards get flipped and flip it to blue without saying anything. She did and the teacher asked, "Why did you flip yourself to blue"? When she explained that she had left her work in her desk and that it was her fault that it wasn't finished as expected, she knew she deserved to be flipped to blue. The teacher said [loud enough for the class to hear], "Because you have shown that you understand that you're responsible for your mistake, you can flip back to green." My daughter was so excited when she got home and told me about it. She asked me how I knew that she wouldn't get in trouble by her doing that and I explained that taking personal responsibility can go a very long way, even as an adult... especially as an adult.
The world could use more parents like you.
My son teaches and you wouldn’t believe the amount of parents who continually make excuses for their kids not doing their work, not behaving etc... I would be embarrassed if I were some of them.
I've seen it with my own eyes. No child is perfect... mine certainly aren't!
But there are parents out there that believe "their little angels" could never do wrong... those are the ones that have children that grow up and storm the Capitol building thinking that it's a good idea... because they've never dealt with consequences to their actions... because they're "perfect." I don't think I need the sarcasm tag.
Mine either but I put a foot up his ass when needed. One instance when he was 10 or 11 playing little league baseball, there was some disrespectful behavior towards the coach. My kid went along with the group. When I found out I told him he had to apologize to the coach. He was pretty adamant that he wasn’t going to do that. I told him if he couldn’t do the right thing and apologize he was done playing ball! He ended up doing the right thing and told me a few days later that he was glad he did!
As a teacher, yes I would. It's worse than that. If the kid gets in trouble, often we find parents threatening legal action. I'll tell you this. I have taught in poor schools and very affluent schools, and the parents are far worse in the affluent schools. And my comment is not about class, but just an observation.
My son is in his 5th year as a teacher in a title 1 school. He doesn’t have the experience in an affluent district but I believe that they are probably worse.
Same. My kids both had the same 3rd grade teacher too. That teacher was great for my daughter, he worked well with her personality. My son... not so much. I told that teacher that he was being too lenient with my son.
The week my son started Kindergarten, there was an open house. When I met his teacher, I told her that he's going to push the envelope to see how far he can go before he gets in trouble. I also warned her that my son was the reason for new rules in his preschool regarding high fives only. See... my son is a bit of a "ladies man" and appreciates a woman's figure. Of course, we worked with him on inappropriate behavior and as he got older he fully understood [and still understands] the reason he can just grab someone (hard to teach an infant or young toddler... more of a distract him with something else). However, his teacher said, "He's kept his hands to himself with others in class. I'm not too worried. He's very sweet." I said, "Not other kids... you. He likes fully developed women. I recommend high fives; no hugs." She said, "OH! Okay! Will do." I also told her that with his tendency to push the envelope, I fully expect to see "the full rainbow" of behavior cards within the first 3 - 4 weeks. She said, "Oh no... he's a sweetie." A week later, I received a phone call from the principal. The first thing I said was, "What did my son do"? I wasn't concerned about my daughter... she never got in trouble.
My son's first grade teacher, I liked her too... during parent / teacher conferences, her first statement was, "He's very charming." I said, "But..." She simply repeated herself. So then I did too. She was worried about offending me.
I told her, "I know my son. He's a sour-patch kid. He's so cute, but there are just times that you want to smack him right across the face." She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh God... I thought I was a terrible person and that I was the only one that thought that." I simply said, "Nope. Don't worry about offending me. I know my kids aren't perfect."
I've also been known to defend my kids on occasion too... I can usually tell when a teacher just shouldn't be a teacher. My son's 3rd grade teacher was someone that should NOT be teaching young kids. She had no patience and had a serious problem with communicating with the parents, even when the communication was initiated by the parents. When I tried sending notes or emails with concerns, they were ignored and then during P/T conferences, she would just berate him and his "behavior issues." I pointed out that there were several times that I had emailed and sent hand-written notes requesting a reply and never received any replies and suggested that she work with the parents throughout the year rather than wait until P/T conferences to complain. I asked her if she had any kids of her own; she said no. I then asked her how long she'd been teaching young kids; 2 years. I told her that yes, this age is difficult and that if she didn't want to communicate regularly with the parents that teaching HS might be a better option. I wouldn't have gone there if she hadn't been rude as hell to several parents [whom were too afraid to say anything]. It's not just that she was young either... the principal was young... the principal was / is fantastic.
There's been very few educators in our district that I had an issue with; one that sticks out from the HS, one that my daughter had, was the algebra teacher that had her classroom set up like a Kindergarten (my daughter was a sophomore in HS). Four tables / desks facing each other and in the center there was a pencil container that had colored pencils, markers, and colorful stickers in it. I overheard her talking to another parent (during the open house) saying, "... it's a requirement to have passed algebra to get into college..." I asked, "Pardon? Are you saying that they must pass this class to get into college"? She said, "Yes, students must go through pre-calculus before being accepted into college." I called her our on her BS. I said, "I never passed algebra. I took algebra in college." She tried claiming that it's "different now..." not like it was when I went to college. I said, "REALLY? I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BBA in Ops Management just three years ago." "I didn't go to college right out of HS." The other parents grinned and she just changed the subject. She was one of those teachers that ignored when the students were asking for assistance. Everyone was glad that she went on maternity leave 1/2 way through the semester. I actually noticed a huge improvement with my daughter's grades with the substitute. That sub is actually one of the middle school math teachers now.
WOW. Sorry for all that. Hopefully, I didn't bore you.
It was a quick read, you didn’t bore me at all. Actually got a giggle or two out of it. Ladies man
Amen to that. I hate seeing politics on FB. It actually hurts some friendships and I am sure that is not what it was meant to do at its inception.
And more people arrested for the riot at the capitol used Facebook to organize, plan and coordinate their actions than all other social media combined.
Sadly that is true. I saw friendships dissolve over politics on FB.
I actually stopped following my cousin, because she was relentless with her political "views" and pushing them onto others.
More irrational and emotive nonsense. This 'enemy' rhetoric is childish. Adults should disagree and for cause. Adults should explain their positions and thus why they think their interlocutors are wrong.
Those who support Trump NOW will be challenged. Those who supported Trump in the past but have moved on from Trump (and would not vote for him in the future) should not be of concern. It is those who inexplicably (and stupidly) continue to support Trump who pose an ongoing problem for the USA. There simply is no excuse, especially given all that Trump has done since losing the election, for someone to support the malignant narcissist and pathological liar Trump for PotUS. It is entirely irresponsible and I suspect that the support for Trump today is far less than the 74+ million who voted for him.
It is obvious, just from our experiences here, that those who would still support Trump cannot logically justify their positions; it is, it would appear, nothing more than petulant defiance fueled by an incredible level of confirmation bias.
I love that word... petulant.
Especially when it is so fitting.