Let's face the music: Americans can no longer be viewed as "generally kind and decent"

[misanthrope]

There might be those among who show kindness, sure. There might be those who know empathy, conscientiousness and compassion. They take to heart the values we're ostensibly taught as youngsters.

But as a whole? No way. No how.

It has nothing to do with the number of parents under a roof or religiosity. Quite the opposite, in fact.

You see a truly "decent" person could have never agreed to give power to a man who did this:



A "decent" person, regardless of political leanings, would have been so disgusted by such a repulsive display they would have worked against someone like that. Their inner compass would have shown them what a person like that is capable of and their blood would have run cold at the thought of that candidate in power, at the things they would do, at the effect they would have on society and the culture.

And anyone who claimed to be a devout Christian wouldn't have thought twice about rejecting such behavior.

But that's not what our nation has done. Too many of us have been energized by this behavior, have cheered on the coarsening of public discourse and lowering of expectations. Too many didn't care about mocking the physically disabled.

We've laid bare how low we are.

[onecaliberal]

1. It's been the saddest thing for me to realize that very fact.

[Rider3]

2. You got that right

I'm embarrassed we have this idiot sitting in the Oval Office.

[Kaleva]

3. Native Americans certainly never thought of Americans as generally being that.

[misanthrope]

9. Neither did those who bore the brunt of Jim Crow

or other unfortunates throughout history. However, it can be common to encounter contemporaries who claim it is wrong to "judge those with another era's social norms by the values of today."

Well, that flimsy excuse doesn't work with Trump's mockery of the disabled.

[Ilsa]

4. My pastor actually joked about

"Taking one for the team," and that comment was midway through the general election campaign. Yeah, she despised trump that much.

[LonePirate]

5. Many who are not kind and decent are pissed off because the 1% treated them badly.

So they want to treat someone else badly in return instead of directing their anger where it belongs. It’s why the Republican Party base is filled with violent idiots who are mad at the left instead of being mad at the 1%ers who run the Republican Party and created this whole mess.

[spanone]

6. I think the rest of the world realized that a few years ago.

[renate]

7. watching that gif is like watching Jesus ministering to the poor and sick.

It's so beautiful. Why can't the libs see what a Christian man he is?

[misanthrope]

8. Ha! I love satire

and yours made me chuckle aloud. Well done.