I had a lot of things to deal with Saturday and really did not get the facts about the murders in Pittsburgh until early in the evening. But after listening to the radio, and watching TV coverage and some newspaper coverage..I’m sorry but all I can think of now is the sad editorial I wrote the day after the election in 2016. Just about everything I feared then is coming to pass. The forces of hate have been emboldened by the Trump victory..of course they came for Black people first, Trump got harsher..those who have always hated felt like they could get away with more..racists stood up rather than stayed in the slime..Trump and his mini
ons got harsher..they came for women, you see what happened with the SCOTUS hearings..Trumps legions got bolder..they came for the “LGBTQQ” community..Trump’s rhetoric grew worse, They came for brown people and immigrants. Just last week I had a meeting with Jewish people who voted for Trump..and were still going to vote Republican in Bucks county Pennsylvania..They literally thought I was being unfair saying that Trump’s speech was making people who hate us AND them come out of the shadows..sometimes I actually hate it when I’m right..I’m not going to go into all the things that happened to get Trump elected…and all the people whose actions made this happen..but I am staying “on message” the road to getting rid of this “hate mongering” begins with getting out the vote in November…mourn ..have vigils..do what you need to ..then get off your ass and get as many people to the polls as you can.
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