Inflammatory Rhetoric and Name-Calling towards other leaders here and abroad - not bringing The Nation together (like he said he would) and could be starting up a new World War with Middle East and North Korea. There’s more at risk than just America. As a Christian, I am more concerned about the world and how peace is at risk.
America First - In addition to my love of the world, let’s talk economics which is what this slogan is really about. We will now be taking the backseat to China with alternative energy. The “Industrial Age” of manufacturing and coal are on the downside of their peak. Even if you don’t believe in climate change, you need to hurt the environment in order to access coal and fossil fuels, not to mention water sources on the land of Native Americans (who were, btw, the First Americans). Alternative Energy is the future for job growth because even IT jobs are going overseas (not just manufacturing). It won’t be America First if he continues to insist on promoting coal and gas only. The only hope I have is that California is still staying in the game; and the automakers have to make cars that can be used here because we makeup a large portion of the auto consumers.
Demeans People of Color - Called NFL players (majority of them Black) SOB’s when they are merely peacefully protesting. Their intent is not to protest the flag and anthem, and yet he’s insisting they are. They are protesting the police harrassment and killing of unarmed black people. Many black males I’ve spoken to have been needlessly pulled over for driving in a nice neighborhood in a nice car. Many blacks are incarcerated for longer periods of time than their white counterparts for similar crimes.
Drain the Swamp - He went and put in people ill-suited for the jobs as you can tell from the number that have gone through his revolving door. Some of them like Jeff Sessions are also known racists. Not to mention an oil guy for the EPA, a private school person for Education, etc. I come from a family of Educators and I don’t like how this Administration is trying to privatize public schools. If you have the time and/or money to put your kid in private school (or home school), that’s your business. But many parents don’t have that luxury. Even if you give them vouchers, the schools can still descriminate and pick the “best” students.
The Wall - Mexico has made clear they’re not gonna pay for it, so now we know the taxpayers will... So how is that going to be funded when corporations pay so much less? And how will that impact social services? A wall didn’t work in China and it won’t work here.
Favors Banks and Big Corporations - We talked about how he’s lifted restrictions on the banks again and they may just get the country in another “Too Big to Fail” bind again. The tax cuts (from 35 to 20%) for huge corporations will not bring jobs back - it will only trickle down to their shareholders. In order to lower their taxes as well as build the wall, social services and infrastructure will likely suffer.
DACA - Another “good thing” Obama has put in place that he flip flopped on whether he’d find a way to let them stay. Again, this country was built on immigrants and these kids can’t help that they were brought here as children and is the only real country they know. In his day, my grandfather was a Dreamer Kid.
Dog Whistle Rhetoric - He uses dog whistle rhetoric to stir up his fans. Black NFL Players are SOBs and unpatriotic for protesting, White Nationalists are very fine people, calls women he thinks are pigs, etc. This isnt even mentioning how he rose in popularity back when he accused Obama for not being born in America. These are not-so-subtle examples of how he stirs up hate within his fan base, and that’s why many people don’t like Trump supporters - because they support all he stands for.
Anti-Obama - He tries to undo anything Obama did, whether good or bad. Let’s start with the Affordable Care Act. It isn’t perfect and needs work but, as you can see, even the Republicans can’t put something together even though they have the majority. They need to work together to improve on it... but they’re bent on destroying it because Obama had anything to do with it. I’ve actually heard people say they like the Affordable Care Act but not Obamacare - as if they don’t realize they’re the same darn thing. As mentioned above, he’s trying to get rid of DACA... and it went so far as lifting the ban on elephant trophies (which thankfully he stopped after a lot of outcry). Trump even had an obsession with crowd size because Obama’s crowd was so large - it’s ridiculous and petty.
Claims to be Christian - He’s very un-Christlike in behavior and exercises no wisdom or humility. He’s swindled people in business, claimed bankruptcies numerous times, cheated on wives, physically manhandled (and possibly raped) one of his wives, 15+ accusations of sexual abuse, calls women he doesn’t like derogatory or racist-based names (Pocahontas), bragged about “Grab them by the p***y,” etc. Whether he’s really Christian or not is between him and God, but he would do well to “Get Love Right” as we say at New Life. We touched on how 80% of White Evangelicals voted for him. Honestly, I’m not sure that’s true (I’m hoping not), but it’s a very scary thought.
I could go on and on (and I haven’t even touched the Russia stuff because I am allowing Mueller to finish his investigation), but these are just a few of the reasons I don’t like this President. I think he’s stirs up animosity towards people of color and has abused women. Many people, Independents as well as Liberals, think the same of him and can’t understand why anybody would condone/support him.
You asked me why people feel so much animosity towards Trump supporters. The short answer is that we find him to be a mean, petty, hateful person who looks out only for his (wealthy) interests. Trump supporters seem to enjoy his bragging (even if they’re lies) and mean-spirited words... so there’s animosity towards anybody who seems to reward/support him or, worse yet, repeat his hateful rhetoric (calling Liberals libtards, snowflakes etc).
I understand the animosity goes both ways, and I try to be civil and polite in my discussions because we can’t unify until people start being decent to one another again. Some people mock my being “politically correct,” but I will still try to be polite and civil anyway. Christians are commanded to love our neighbors (not just American neighbors).
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