Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
"You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out
six inches and say you're making progress." --Malcolm X
As I type this, some of my Occupy Wall Street (OWS) comrades have made
their way from Tampa (site of the Republican
National Convention) to Charlotte (site of the Democrat National
Convention) so, bravo to them for not focusing their outrage on one party.
I feel the need to publicly declare such support because every four
years, the soft Left (and more than a few radicals) gleefully guzzle the
Democrat Kool Aid. In 2004, it was âAnybody-But-Bush.â Four years ago,
it was âHope and Change.â It seems when youâre a liberal, harboring
multiple delusions comes with the territory, for example:
* Sooner or later, the Democratic Party is gonna wake up and help us
âtake backâ the country.
* No matter what we think of war, we must always support the troops
because
sooner or later, the men and women in uniform are gonna wake up and help
us âtake backâ the country.
* Thereâs a mysterious mass of
Americans out there -- just sitting on the proverbial fence as they wait
for us to gently convince them we are right so they can wake up and
help us âtake backâ the country.
* There was once a time when the people actually âhadâ the country.
I could provide bushels of examples of how Obama is as much a Wall
Street-funded, ecocide-promoting war criminal as Dubya was, and Romney
will be, but what Iâd get in response would be the robotic repetition of
two words: Supreme Court.
No, the Libs are not pointing out how -- for example -- the Pope of Hope
asked the Supreme Court to block the release of photos of military
detainees. Rather, after the robotic repetition subsides, Iâd get a
misguided
lecture about Democrats allegedly protecting women and people of color
(POC) via the justices they appoint.
All this culminates in a
personal attack as Iâm told white men like me just donât/canât get it
and my efforts to expose the two-party deception only expose something
else: my sexism/racism.
âLately Iâve been hearing a lot of
American women eagerly throw their support behind the Obama
administration, especially in recent weeks with multiple blatant
assaults by the GOP on womenâs rights,â writes Nicole from The Funky
Revolutionary. âBut if my president supports that women in other nation
states live in situations of violence, oppression, and hate, and even
furthers these
situations, it is all but impossible to deduce that this individual
cares about womenâs rights at all. Where is our global solidarity? Women
after all, exist all across the globe. Our social class transcends
party politics.â
Mic Check: Even if it were true that Democrats occasionally seek to
safeguard the rights of women and POC in the United States -- and itâs
not -- how could this balance out all the documented damage someone like
Obama does on a daily basis across the globe?
If Mr. Yes We Can cared about poor women, why does he have them murdered
in Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and too many more places? Can any of
you liberals explain to me why Obamaâs alleged support for women
doesnât manifest itself for those oppressed and killed in, say, Gaza and
Saudi Arabia -- thanks to his unfailing support for âalliesâ?
More from The Funky Revolutionary: âTo support the Obama administration
(especially through a vote) is to
support an administration that knowingly and willingly kills and injures
women through both military regime and economic enslavement, and
supports the oppression of women as workers, mothers, and autonomous
beings with autonomous bodies.â
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
Are not women and POC deleteriously impacted by the Democratsâ approval
of ecocidal practices like deepwater drilling, clean (sic) coal, fracking,
nuclear power, and tar sands extraction?
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
Arenât women and POC among the 44 million Americans living in poverty
and the
50 million Americans living without health insurance? What about the
2,660 U.S. children born into poverty every single day?
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
Do not women and POC suffer terribly thanks to realities like the USA
PATRIOT Act, the Wall Street bailout/corporate welfare, the death
penalty, corporate personhood, and allowing GMOs to be sold without
labels? All of these nightmares exist with the overt support of Obama
and his party... but Iâm the one who doesnât âget itâ?
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
When a woman is raped every 46 seconds in the home of the brave, voting
for a lesser (sic) evil isnât progressive. Itâs denial... bordering on
complicity.
âBy voting for Obama and for the Democrats, we will endure the expansion
of corporate power and militarist imperium; by voting for Romney and the
Republicans, we will endure the same,â explains Phil Rockstroh. âThe
social issues are sideshows to scare partisan types into staying
in line. Obama is committed to women's and gay rights to the same degree
that Romney is against the concepts. Neither could give a rodent's
rectum: Their positions on these issues are only a cynical means to
power. Their resolve remains committed to the agendas of the economic
elite of the One Percent.â
Even if there was a chance that Obama
would be making a Supreme Court appointment in his second term and there
was an even slimmer chance that heâd nominate someone who cared a tiny
bit about the issues facing poor women and POC and there was a
infinitesimal chance that such an appointee was actually approved by
Congress, how could this theoretical scenario justify anyoneâs vote for
a man dedicated to policies that are systemically killing all life on
earth?
How valuable would that hypothetical SCOTUS justice be during an economic,
social, and environmental collapse? How would this mythical voice of the
people even be heard over the screams of a dying ecosystem?
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
I could on for days documenting how our way of life is, by definition,
unsustainable and hence, anti-life.
I could share Obamaâs own words from his inauguration speech: âWe will
never apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defense.â
I could marshal evidence from now 'till doomsday, but Iâd still hear
some variation of this pathetic pretext: âSure, Obama is horrific (pause
for effect) but heâs still better than Romney.â
Mic Check: This is a glimpse into the mind of the enabler.
As with the actions of abusive partners, parents, etc. everywhere, the
sociopathic style of the Democrats often inspires such classic enabling
behavior as:
* Repeatedly bailing them out.
* Giving them "one more chance."
* Ignoring the problem.
* Joining them in the behavior when you know they have a problem with
it.
* Joining them in blaming others.
* Accepting their justifications, excuses, and rationalizations.
* Avoiding problems.
* Doing for them what they should be able to do for themselves.
* Softening or removing the natural consequences of the problem
behavior.
* Trying to "fix" them or their problem.
* Repeatedly coming to the "rescue."
* Trying to control them or their problem.
As Rockstroh adds: âObama and Romney are both two-legged tools of
oligarchy, and by voting for either of them you become agents of your
own oppression.â
Liberals: Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court. Supreme Court.
If (for the sake of false argument) Obamaâs policies were a tad more
beneficial to U.S. women than Romneyâs policies but both were equally as
murderous for women elsewhere, how would support for Obama be the
radical choice, the path to genuine social change?
âI refuse to
sing the praises of a man because a situation is more advantageous to
me. Such a situation begets extreme violence, strife, and oppression of
women globally,â adds Nicole at The Funky Revolutionary. âTo turn our
backs on these women and claim victory while others are in chains is
fraudulent. Those women do not have the same privileges, yet
they have historically fought vehemently for their rights, many times
against the United States among their own state apparatuses.â
I repeat: Even if there was a chance that Obama would be making a Supreme
Court
appointment in his second term and there was an even slimmer chance that
heâd nominate someone who cared a tiny bit about the issues facing poor
women and POC and there was a infinitesimal chance that such an
appointee was actually approved by Congress, how could this theoretical
scenario justify anyoneâs vote for a man dedicated to policies that are
systemically killing all life on earth?
In part 2 of this
article, Iâll discuss the concept of voting within an overtly rigged
system and how a âthird partyâ vote could potentially matter.
For more context on the two-party farce, please read and share my two
recent articles:
"Occupy the Conventions - BOTH Conventions"
"De-Occupy the Two-Party Fraudâ
***
Mickey Z. is the author of 11 books, most recently the novel Darker Shade
of Green. Until the laws are changed or the power runs out, he can be
found on an obscure website called Facebook.
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