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<¡Lo Siento! Here's the permalink, with an excerpt!:
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2019/02/i-may-switch-to-supporting-trump.html
Excerpt:
I may switch to supporting Trump
Donald Trump is the most loathsome, criminal, disgusting pig in the history of American pigs. But I may support him in 2020.
That is to say: I will not support Bernie Sanders in 2020. I despise Bernie Sanders so thoroughly I will support his opponent even if his opponent explicitly runs on a promise to kill everyone named Cannon.
My problem goes beyond Bernie (who, I'm sure, still won't show his taxes). At this point, I find progressives to be as despicable as Republicans. They're all addicted to identity politics.
In other words, they're all guilt-givers.
The other day, I saw Spike Lee on the Chris Matthews program. I've always admired Lee – he's one of the truly great directors – but he pissed me off as only a true artist can.
Lee was wearing a shirt featuring the number "1619," to remind us of the first year slaves were introduced to this country. "We need to start talking about that," said Lee.
Start? START? Did he fucking say fucking START?
It seems to me as though we've been talking about nothing else since before the Civil War.
Here's my response, Mr. Lee. You're not going to like it. But you can harangue me for a thousand years and I'll still say the same thing. I've already heard everything that you could possibly say to me about slavery, and I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SINS BUT MY OWN.
My own sins are plenty.
What does Lee hope to accomplish with his incessant message of "Hate yourself, Whitey"? Guilt-givers like Lee made Trump president, and now the guilt-givers want to give Trump a second term.
Newsflash: Democracy is a popularity contest. Guilt-giving is not the way to make yourself popular. Quite the opposite.
"But I'm filled with rage and I think white people SHOULD feel guilty, MUST feel guilty, for the following reasons…"
Stop it. You still don't get it, do you? Democracy is a popularity contest.