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What Happened to Common Decency?
And what are they all so angry about?
Temper tantrums are something small toddlers resort to when they can’t get what they want. Scream, cry, blame, and shame until someone quiets them down. But who quiets down an angry toddler when he is President of the United States?
And what, exactly, is he so pissed off about? He has the world at his feet and it’s not enough. Americans have long taken pride in not being victims, of standing up in the face of adversity, and of being magnanimous in victory. In other words, being a decent human being.
Apparently, not any more. Too much is never enough seems to be the mantra in the world of Donald Trump. If you gain an inch instead of a foot, it is someone else’s fault, never your own.
This seems to be the disease that grips my country these days and, frankly, I am ashamed to see it take hold, or appear to. But my immersion in the news, which these days is out of control, sometimes blinds me to the common decency most of us still practice.
Trump and his mouthpieces are gaslighting the country, creating constant mayhem and fear to cover for what they are really doing. The pattern is now obvious. When the news, or the courts, or public opinion is going against them, they create a distraction. And a lot of the media fall for it…
