Protesting reality

The protest mentality playing out right now

I admit I have not given much of my time paying attention to the anti-Trump protests.  But in those few pictures I've happened across, it looks like the age group is mostly 40 or younger.

That would speak volumes to me as a Boomer.  This is the age of the 'everyone gets an award' and 'make everyone a winner' mentality.  I can cite many personal examples of  those who, despite their training in these matters, do in fact 'get it'.   Others have, instead, become programmed to believe that there are no losers! This group is the ones I'm speaking about.

Then they enter real life, and it comes on them like a speeding train.  Guess what.  The real world has winners and losers!  When this group is forced to actually face this reality, many have been given no training to cope with the situation. So all they can think of to do is get mad at something.  Become the victim.  Create havoc.  Destroy something.  Lash out at society.  Do everything possible to show that you are a upset.  Don't accept what has happened.  And, sadly enough, many of them are not really sure of just what it is that they even want!

There are, unfortunately, enough people whose philosophical goal is to destabilize this fine country, and who see this as an opportunity to capitalize on this mentality.  They 'feed the flame' so that they get the media attention to this 'injustice'. (I think the media is as much to blame as anyone, but that's for another day) They pay people to disrupt businesses and neighborhoods so that the 'normal' citizen is inconvenienced or even injured in the process.

How sad that this is going on in our country.  Oh, that everyone would see that there is room for more than one opinion, more than one voice to be heard.  And, yes, someone loses!

PS:  I think the Bible has a description of these people, too.
“So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭19:32‬ ‭NASB‬‬
http://bible.com/100/act.19.32.nasb

Alan L. Buhler,
LtCol, USAF, Retired

the pot calling the kettle black

The pot calling the kettle black...

This is day one after the election.  The electorate has spoken.  Now, I am hearing a tremendous amount of people referring to President-elect Trump as a bigot.  Here's the Merriam-Webster definition.

bigot

noun  big·ot  \ˈbi-gət\

Simple Definition of bigot
* : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

Because he has not performed any executive duties yet, no one knows how his administration will conduct itself.  I've not yet seen a politician conform too closely to campaign rhetoric, and don't really expect that now.  An awful lot of what is posted against him is a strong (dare I say vehement?) and unfair dislike for what people attribute to him as being his ideas, and it is coming from people who refuse to accept or acknowledge anyone who may have or do now support him.  Many of these can only see Trump supporters as being part of some sub-intelligent group.

Be careful who you are calling a bigot.  It might just reveal YOUR bigotry.