wife and I are watching "13 reasons why" - it is triggering us, because there are many future trumps
in that show. there are future Dr. Fords. I don't know if the writer expected the show to be so relevant for our times, but wow...it is.
I get triggered by trump - and that show - because my school was a hot bed of bullying - it was the prototypical school of mostly blue collar white that aimed for mediocrity - good students got shunned and bullied, blacks got sidelined and ignored, jocks and cheerleaders were worshiped....I hated every second. What I got to see there are many future republican voters - whiners, didn't try hard, resented anyone who achieved and succeeded because they were too racist or lazy to achieve themselves. I was a perfect target - not a jock, good student, pretty clumsy about the dating thing - I had so many bully targets right on my back. It was hell.
I did my grad school work at Dartmouth - and got to see close up another trumpian incubator. As a destitute grad student, I got to TA the favored class - the kids that drove around in BMWs bought for them by rich mom and dad as graduation presents. I got to be told not to give out honest grades because this or that future failure had parents that were big time donors. I occasionally stepped in to a weekend party - Dartmouth was big on frats - and that was pretty appalling.
So I got to see what both the trump types, and trump followers come from. It was quite an education. Sadly, nothing that I am seeing today is surprising. The framework for both types of behavior is all laid out right in front of us. I suppose many here could tell similar stories.
But trump as president is really a worse nightmare scenario - the rich kid enabled major bully making it all the way (illegally) to the top, how shitting all over victims.
This particular time in our history truly sucks.
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