This is a bit raw, I know. Like many, I found some humor in the latest bombshell. But it also made me mad. Many of the same people who have judged us, belittled us, besmirched us, thrown us out of our homes and places of worship, made us feel unsafe, unwelcome, unloved, unlovable and defective are the same people who have foisted this thug on us. And they’ve done it without shame or apology.
We all know that in years past—and it wasn’t that long ago—it would have been shocking for a president (elect) to brag about pussy grabbing and to hire sex workers for any purpose much less to engage in water sports, but, true or not, the Religious Right gleefully owns Trump. They claim him, and they’ll likely go on saying “God raised him up” and other such bullshit. Even though what Trump has done and allegedly done is, strictly speaking, against their rules, it is within the bounds of patriarchy. He is a powerful white man who has put “nasty” women in their place, and that’s easily forgivable in their eyes. They’ll slap him on the back and tell him that’s okay while they go on judging the hell out of young women who find themselves pregnant and men who engage in consensual cocksucking. They’ll go on hinting, suggesting or even boldly proclaiming that the poor deserve what they get, and the wealthy have been “blessed” by God. I hope anyone who has ever been harmed by these sanctimonious, power grubbing phonies now realize that they don’t speak for any god. American fundie Christian extremists are the grossest pieces of shit that have ever walked the earth.
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