November 29, 2020
…on both sides?
I didn\’t believe this when it was first uttered — and I don\’t believe it now! But in between — I have attempted to see the \”other\” side — the side that is able to live with, reconcile, practice, and otherwise condone, racism.
I\’ve read a number of sincere narratives whereby racists describe themselves and racist family members and friends as genuinely good people. I struggle for an analogy from which to make a fitting comparison to how such a belief system plays out in the world.
Might I liken racism to a rattlesnake\’s venom? As long as the snake is not hungry — or threatened — they won\’t bite. But if either one of these scenarios is operative — the rattler will bite and release its venom.
Now these goodly racists have yet to cannibalize their fellow human beings (unless we look at systemic and institutionalized racism as a form of cannibalism) — but they sure feel threatened in many ways — what with the many sins they attribute to minorities: from stealing jobs that good Americans should have; to food stamps that wreak havoc with the economy; to crime.
Now these \”good people\” may not have the occasion to spew their venom during the course of a normal day (as long as people of color stay in their place and don\’t get uppity), but remind them that people of color are taking their jobs and are responsible for all-of-the-ills-in-their-life and they will spew that racist venom as defensive reflex.
I don\’t care how much apple pie Mom Johnson bakes in her kitchen — if she thinks that she is superior to others because of her skin color — whatever she cooks up has some poison in it.
Do rattlesnakes dwell more on the \”high road\” or the \”low road\”?
It has yet to be seen whether post-election Trump Haters will take the high road (which is usually a harder road to travel); or, enjoy the low road where the Kingsnake and his minions like to dwell.
Speaking for myself — I no longer have the desire to rub the faces of Trumpeters in their feces, er, the mud! But Trumpeters remain dangerous: still full of venom and spewing it in gobs at things like fraudulent elections!
These baby rattlers are constantly filled with venom by the 5:00am, toilet-sitting Kingsnake — that spews as much shit, er, venom as he possibly can on the Twitter pages. His baby rattlers, swallow it up and continue to strike US whenever, wherever and however possible — whether it be at rallies, or with mask wearing, or with law suits, or court petitions, or recounts, or voter fraud, or bribery and-so-on.
And unlike the baby rattlers who usually give up their venom all-in-one-shot (and then are defenseless) — His baby rattlers know they can get a venom fill-up from his mediums (like Newsmax). As an aside: It\’s interesting how His faithful are turning away from FOX…I think Rupert Murdoch finally grew tired of Trump. (Can a FOX kill a rattlesnake?)
But we Trump Haters are easily referred to as serpents (left-wing anarchists, liberals, Antifa) by the \”good people.\” I just think we are not so venomous as \”the good people\” who experience no cognitive dissonance while they practice their poisonous hypocrisy. Perhaps we anti-Trumpers are more like constrictors?
And therein lies the difference of the people on both sides…