Noah, you have outdone yourself with this piece! Here in East Tennessee, we are experiencing the atrociousness of maga behavior ๐ค๐ค Our "reprentatives" voted against funding for FEMA. Marsha Blackburn, Tim Burchett, Bill Hagerty, Bill Lee do not have their constituents' interests in mind as they strut about acting like the government has been too slow to respond!
"I think the answer is that disasters can be a major spur to solidarity and unityโand Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage.
"The reason he canโt do it is that he loathes the very idea of solidarity and neighborliness. The real disaster, for Trump, is the possibility that we might respond to disaster with love and care, rather than with fear, rage, and hate. Fear, rage, and hate are his only tools, and his only faith. He puts them above party, and even above winning. He has demonstrated, over and over, that he puts them above the lives of his constituents."
So, for me, it's less about the solidarity and more about what you say here. It's compassion, courage, and honest-to-god leadership; three things we know Trump isn't capable of. The solidarity piece of it comes from the ground up.
Trump has his followers addicted to โfear, rage and hate.โ I hope that hope, faith in humanity (which I struggle to hold onto) and compassion are stronger. November 5 will tell the tale.
Noah, you have outdone yourself with this piece! Here in East Tennessee, we are experiencing the atrociousness of maga behavior ๐ค๐ค Our "reprentatives" voted against funding for FEMA. Marsha Blackburn, Tim Burchett, Bill Hagerty, Bill Lee do not have their constituents' interests in mind as they strut about acting like the government has been too slow to respond!
Great analysis and framing.
"I think the answer is that disasters can be a major spur to solidarity and unityโand Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage.
"The reason he canโt do it is that he loathes the very idea of solidarity and neighborliness. The real disaster, for Trump, is the possibility that we might respond to disaster with love and care, rather than with fear, rage, and hate. Fear, rage, and hate are his only tools, and his only faith. He puts them above party, and even above winning. He has demonstrated, over and over, that he puts them above the lives of his constituents."
๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 9/11 ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด.
So, for me, it's less about the solidarity and more about what you say here. It's compassion, courage, and honest-to-god leadership; three things we know Trump isn't capable of. The solidarity piece of it comes from the ground up.
Heaven forfend that anyone should actually be allowed to act like Jesus preached. What would happen to the End Times?
Trump has his followers addicted to โfear, rage and hate.โ I hope that hope, faith in humanity (which I struggle to hold onto) and compassion are stronger. November 5 will tell the tale.