National Fascist League in Musings
- May 24, 2018, 5:39 a.m.
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It is both scary and mind-boggling that we are living in a time where a professional sports league is forcing its players and personnel to stand for the national anthem. And even MORE scarier and mind-boggling that our Vice-President tweets “Winning” in response to it. What are we “winning” exactly? The rise of authoritarianism, the silencing of legitimate avenues of protest, and an all out assault on our democracy and the Constitution?
Our nation was founded on the principles of free speech and the right of the citizenry to peacefully petition its government. A nation that can’t tolerate a few isolated cases of silent protest as a way to bring attention to the blatant inequality that is still rampant in our society, is a nation that has turned its back on the Founding Fathers.
This authoritarianism streak is filtering down to the local level. There are two local town/city governments in my area that have limited or eliminated the public comments portion of council meetings in the past month. Just like the National Fascist League, these local officials are taking their cue from the wanna-be dictator “running” our country currently. Any dissent is to be squashed, or labeled as “fake”. The people and press can only praise their elected representatives, or else be barred from their rightful democratic participation ( see Scott Pruitt/EPA.)
We are at a dangerous inflection point for our democracy. The charlatan-in -chief and his right-wing echo chamber have waged an all out assault on truth, facts, open government, and our American way of life. When the leader of a country is an unabashed liar , con man, and all around POS- and wants nothing else but to be treated like an American Putin- all of that banana republic strongman sleaziness trickles down. It trickles down into our very culture and all the way into our daily lives. It’s a shocking time to be an American.
DeadAir ⋅ May 24, 2018
Except this isn't a "legitimate avenue of protest" The NFL is a business and players are hired to represent the teams that are employing them. They are free to kneel and protest and marshall the public toward their cause, but they must do it on their own time. Perhaps they should give up a sneeker deal or TV commercial to support their cause. oh wait that would cost THEM money...
You are right, we are at a dangerous inflection point, because an entire generation of people like yourself are buying this nonsense about fake news being a creation of the alt right or President Trump. Unless you are watching CNBC or Bloomberg, the news you see is completely false. CNN, FOX the NYT and the laughable Washington post are propaganda pretending to be credible.
You don't like Trump, thats fine. But for god sake dislike him on facts, not this personal attack garbage.