Noah, you have outdone yourself with this piece! Here in East Tennessee, we are experiencing the atrociousness of maga behavior 🤑😤 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 unity—and Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage.
"The reason he can’t 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 “fear, rage and hate.” 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 🤑😤 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 unity—and Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage.
"The reason he can’t 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."
𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘙𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘎𝘪𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 9/11 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴.
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 “fear, rage and hate.” I hope that hope, faith in humanity (which I struggle to hold onto) and compassion are stronger. November 5 will tell the tale.