psyops, drone soros anyone??????? On Nov 13, 2016 9:52 AM, "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Spot On" Regan! I am amazed at some of the commentary and observations > I've seen the past four or five days, and this column is a classic example > of liberal Secular Progressive fantasy. > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Regan Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good Lord the left is full of pearl clutching hysterical ninnies. The >> early indications, surging stock market, world leaders falling over >> themselves to come to Trump (Mexico and Canada conceding that NAFTA needs >> to be reformed), gas prices coming down, all directly refute the idiotic >> assumptions of these fools. There is no racism or white supremicism >> driving this movement, just common sense and a return to government by the >> people, not beholden to the global oligarchs. The only people acting even >> remotely fascist are the rioters throwing a tantrum because they didn't get >> their way and their leftist supporters because they see the gravy train >> spigot being turned off. >> >> *Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid* >> On Nov 13, 2016 9:51 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> 10 NOVEMBER 2016 >> >> *Spoiled Americans now want to flee what they created * >> *The reactions of many Americans to the Trump victory is a symptom of >> their political immaturity. *Malak Chabkoun >> Malak Chabkoun is an independent Middle East researcher and writer based >> in the US. >> >> Many Americans woke up on November 9 (or didn't sleep to begin with) >> panicking about the future of the United States. >> >> Citizens of other countries, particularly in the Arab world, were >> probably observing this mass panic with a smirk, thinking, "and now it's >> their turn". Certainly, not out of spite, but in the hope that Americans >> would finally understand where they were coming from. >> >> The reality is, citizens of the US - minorities or otherwise - do have >> reasons to feel fear and disgust under a Trump presidency, not only from >> his proposed policies of alienation and repression, but also from those >> supporters of his, whose white power aspirations have now been made >> official. >> >> However, it is also true that citizens of the US, particularly Arabs and >> Muslims, must not allow this election result to force them to act as >> frightened children. >> >> Murmurs of migrating to Canada if Trump won apparently translated into >> reality, with the Canadian immigration website reportedly crashing as it >> became clear the electoral college votes >> <http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/why-electoral-college-landslides-are-easier-to-win-than-popular-vote-ones/> >> were in his favour. >> >> These reactions make one pause and wonder how long these same people >> would last under the Arab and African dictatorships and occupiers the US >> has propped up and maintained positive ties with over the years. >> >> We now have a version of a "dictator-elect" in the US, and rather than >> promising to fight the changes he has threatened to implement, the initial >> reaction of many Americans has been to plot ways to flee. >> >> Honestly, the arrogance of Americans who are threatening to flee is >> breathtaking. They assume that the world will now welcome them with open >> arms because in a few months, they will be ruled by a less-than-desirable >> leader. One which, the world will be quick to mention, was actually chosen >> by Americans and not imposed on them by occupation or intervention. >> >> >> *Political immaturity *As young elementary school pupils in the US, we >> are programmed during our "social studies" classes to hold our civic >> duties, such as voting and obeying laws, near and dear. >> >> In middle and high school and even college, we run for "political >> office", setting up small governments within our schools that give us an >> illusion of holding power. >> >> Schools hold mock voting days and colleges invite political officials to >> come and encourage American students - young and old - to be active >> participants in the political process. >> >> Even naturalised citizens of the US go through a political socialisation >> process; one that details their rights and responsibilities as a citizen of >> the US and reminds them that citizenship is a promise >> <https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/citizenship-rights-and-responsibilities> >> to commit to the US and its form of government. >> >> Yet, all of this political socialisation has apparently left us >> unprepared to deal with the sometimes unexpected and undesirable outcomes >> of the US' version of democracy. >> >> In fact, our reactions to the results of the 2016 election have shown us >> exactly how our political socialisation has failed us and made us >> complacent and passive rather than proactive members of our political >> system. But this is only one small symptom of our political immaturity and >> decay in the US. >> >> >> *Ignorant of suffering *Contrary to what we may believe, we Americans >> aren't the centre of the universe. Our country's policymakers are often the >> cause of suffering overseas - the very suffering we are fearful of at the >> hands of Trump - but, as citizens, we tend to take one of two paths. >> >> We either shy away from taking responsibility, blaming it on elected >> officials and claiming we aren't responsible for their missteps in the >> Middle East and North Africa region, or we don't even have a clue >> <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/survey-geography-foreign-relations-americans-students/> >> about the kind of suffering our policies contribute to. >> >> Worse than that, we are quick to judge what Arabs and Africans should and >> should not do while living under dictatorships as we are sitting >> comfortably in the democracy we love to shove down other countries' throats. >> >> Americans have a hard time fathoming why Syrians would "abandon their >> country" and run from barrel bombs or why Egyptians would run from the >> threat of forced disappearances. We accuse refugees of "putting the lives >> of their children at risk" by getting into overflowing boats to escape >> extremism of all kinds - Islamic or otherwise -judging them harshly for >> these choices. >> >> Yet, one little brush with a leader who might put us in a position even >> remotely close to citizens living under Bashar al-Assad, or Abdel Fattah >> el-Sisi, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and we want the >> entire world to not only understand our urge to flee but also to coddle us >> and be concerned about our feelings. >> >> >> *Not unexpected *A US under Trump is not going to be pleasant, on that >> we can agree. However, it is not the first time minorities were targeted >> and unwanted in the US. >> >> African-Americans at some point in history were denied citizenship and >> their movements restricted. Japanese-Americans were actually placed in >> internment camps on US soil. >> >> Even ideology has been a target of US government - for example, the First >> Red Scare. Yet, despite this, members of these groups did not flee the US >> in droves. >> >> We have had months to digest that Trump had a chance at this race. We >> knew minorities would be facing some type of backlash. For some reason, >> however, we continued to arrogantly think that a Trump presidency couldn't >> happen to us here in the US. >> >> But it did, and perhaps that is what will finally force us to address and >> understand what it is about our political system that finally brought our >> aggression abroad to haunt us right here at home. >> >> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/11/spoiled- >> americans-flee-created-161110075835725.html >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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