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https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/11/15/dear-donald-trump-not-afraid/Dear Donald Trump, Were Not Afraid of You.
November 15, 2017 / John Pavlovitz
Dear Donald Trump,
I am an American citizen and I am fearful of you.
That is to sayI fear your ignorance, your recklessness, and your incompetence because they place this country in great peril.
I fear your disregard for our Constitution, your contempt for our Rule of Law, and your lack of anything resembling a working moral compass, as you repeatedly dulldoze the pillars of our Republic.
I fear the bigotry you so irresponsibly fuel, the violence you give Americans permission to inflict upon others, the contempt you leverage of people with brown skin and foreign birthplaces and love for someone of the same gender.
I fear the coming flood of funerals for people who will die by the guns you force upon our citizenryand by Cancer due to the care you insist on denying them.
I fear the opportunistic men and women in the Government and the Church whove sold their souls and abandoned their convictions for Supreme Court seats, Cabinet appointments, and Prayer Breakfast pulpits.
I fear the supremacists and the bigots, the sexual predators, and the trigger-happy, violent men who have all been emboldened by your consent.
I fear the politicized Christian Church youve polluted by your association, the toxic religion youve released into the blood stream, and the unthinkable atrocities you commit while name dropping a God you clearly dont believe in.
I fear the stomach-turning precedent youve set in the office you hold; for falsehood, for crueltyand for abject malice toward the very people that office is intended to represent and protect.
Yes, in countless ways I deeply fear the near irreparable damage youre doing to the country I call home and love dearly, and to the people who live and raise families and do work and dream dreams here.
I am incredibly fearful, but make no mistake, Donald TrumpI am not afraid of you.
I am not afraid of you, because even with the greatest seat of power, you are a spectacularly small man.
I am not afraid of you because you are not worthy of my fear, because that would mean respecting youand I do not.
I am not afraid of you because I know a quivering bully when I see one.
I am not afraid of you because you, like all bulliesare a fraud and a coward.
I am not afraid of you because I recognize a terrified child who knows that he has lied and cheated and threatened his way to get things he knows he doesnt deserve, and will soon lose.
I am not afraid of you because the louder you scream, the more you thrash and bluster, the more you rage in all cap rants, the more you spit and posturethe more it becomes clear that you are afraid.
And I see you clearly.
I see your smallness and your unworthiness.
We all do, those of us whose eyes are clear and open.
And thats why Donald Trump, while we fear for our country and for our children and for the planet and for the unfathomable harm youre causingwe are not afraid of you.
We are the vast majority.
We are people of every shape and shade.
We are cisgender and transgender.
We are immigrants and refugees and homegrowns.
We are male and female and gender fluid.
We are Christian and Muslim, Jew and Buddhists, Sihk and Hindu.
We are humanists and atheists and agnostics.
We are We the People; together, united, unshakeable.
Together we will resist you.
And together we will outlast you.
Because we are the thing making America great.
I am an American citizen and I am fearful of you.
That is to sayI fear your ignorance, your recklessness, and your incompetence because they place this country in great peril.
I fear your disregard for our Constitution, your contempt for our Rule of Law, and your lack of anything resembling a working moral compass, as you repeatedly dulldoze the pillars of our Republic.
I fear the bigotry you so irresponsibly fuel, the violence you give Americans permission to inflict upon others, the contempt you leverage of people with brown skin and foreign birthplaces and love for someone of the same gender.
I fear the coming flood of funerals for people who will die by the guns you force upon our citizenryand by Cancer due to the care you insist on denying them.
I fear the opportunistic men and women in the Government and the Church whove sold their souls and abandoned their convictions for Supreme Court seats, Cabinet appointments, and Prayer Breakfast pulpits.
I fear the supremacists and the bigots, the sexual predators, and the trigger-happy, violent men who have all been emboldened by your consent.
I fear the politicized Christian Church youve polluted by your association, the toxic religion youve released into the blood stream, and the unthinkable atrocities you commit while name dropping a God you clearly dont believe in.
I fear the stomach-turning precedent youve set in the office you hold; for falsehood, for crueltyand for abject malice toward the very people that office is intended to represent and protect.
Yes, in countless ways I deeply fear the near irreparable damage youre doing to the country I call home and love dearly, and to the people who live and raise families and do work and dream dreams here.
I am incredibly fearful, but make no mistake, Donald TrumpI am not afraid of you.
I am not afraid of you, because even with the greatest seat of power, you are a spectacularly small man.
I am not afraid of you because you are not worthy of my fear, because that would mean respecting youand I do not.
I am not afraid of you because I know a quivering bully when I see one.
I am not afraid of you because you, like all bulliesare a fraud and a coward.
I am not afraid of you because I recognize a terrified child who knows that he has lied and cheated and threatened his way to get things he knows he doesnt deserve, and will soon lose.
I am not afraid of you because the louder you scream, the more you thrash and bluster, the more you rage in all cap rants, the more you spit and posturethe more it becomes clear that you are afraid.
And I see you clearly.
I see your smallness and your unworthiness.
We all do, those of us whose eyes are clear and open.
And thats why Donald Trump, while we fear for our country and for our children and for the planet and for the unfathomable harm youre causingwe are not afraid of you.
We are the vast majority.
We are people of every shape and shade.
We are cisgender and transgender.
We are immigrants and refugees and homegrowns.
We are male and female and gender fluid.
We are Christian and Muslim, Jew and Buddhists, Sihk and Hindu.
We are humanists and atheists and agnostics.
We are We the People; together, united, unshakeable.
Together we will resist you.
And together we will outlast you.
Because we are the thing making America great.
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Dear Donald Trump, We're Not Afraid of You. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2017
OP
niyad
(113,538 posts)1. k and r and bookmarking and sending far and wide.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)2. Yes, I hope many people read it
it is very good.
onecent
(6,096 posts)3. Everyone need to K&R........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts)4. Kudos Upon Mr. Pavlovitz! (nt)
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)5. "Because we are the thing making America great."
I'd like to see new caps made, maybe in a nice shade of blue, or purple might be nice. With the same phrase as THEY use. Make America Great Again. Co-opt it. There are many examples of similar tactics throughout history. The N word in the AA community, the F word in the gay community. It would not only be fun to see wingnuts squirm and pout about it, but it would be a bold statement and raise the question about what does anyone mean by "Great"
malaise
(269,157 posts)6. Wow!
K & R
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)7. Beautifully written
With all the cynicism around, it's good to read something inspirational and hopeful. Thanks for posting it.
volstork
(5,403 posts)8. Well said!
Thank you for this!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)9. K&R
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)10. Priceless!
I'm sending it to The Orange Buffoon. Hopefully, he will find someone to read it to him!
cp
(6,652 posts)11. Beautiful
calimary
(81,442 posts)12. Holy crap!!! What an OUTSTANDING manifesto!
Its freakin MAGNIFICENT!