I just had the most surreal experience at my local barber shop here in Manchester, NH that reminded me exactly how deeply our nation’s present crisis truly runs.
After a few minutes of sitting next to one another, an older gentleman in the waiting area started chatting. Sadly, he said that he is suffering from lung cancer and lost his apartment. He fortunately received government assistance to find a new, smaller place and relies on Meals on Wheels and food stamps to eat. He also told me he survives on his pension, but fears that it may go away all together or be drastically reduced.
When the man arose for his turn in the big chair, he turned to shake my hand. I immediately noticed he was sporting a Trump hat!
Despite the nightmare scenario he is living through, the fact that he relies upon vital programs Trump and company wish to terminate, and the administration’s overt fetish for inflicting as much pain as possible on the most vulnerable among us, this individual remains loyal to the cult.
It is immensely discouraging to see people making their own lives—and those of hundreds of millions both here and globally—worse because of their senseless and irrational devotion to the Trump/MAGA/Republican Party death cult.
Generally, I am an optimist in the mold of Ronald Reagan and Jack Kennedy, but it is nearly impossible to maintain said optimism about the future of our nation and the future of democracy when you experience these tragedies in real-life.
We all have an obligation to defend America and the people from this death cult that was once a proud, great political party. However, it is nearly impossible to do so when our fellow citizens live in an alternate universe of denial, irrationality, and fear.
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