Civility for an Insurrectionist Criminal? Nah, I'll Pass
As billionaires, Joe Scarborough, corporate media, & "moderate" Democrats obey in advance & urge civility towards Donald Trump, the rest of us should reject a relationship rooted in cruelty.
Earlier today, Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump without penalty in a hush-money case in which Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records. This man, who is the modern Pharoah of white Evangelical Christians, paid off Stormy Daniels, an adult film star, who he was allegedly sleeping with as Melania Trump was with their baby son.
Yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals denied MAGA efforts to block special investigator Jack Smith’s report which will undoubtedly reveal damning evidence about how Trump illegally took classified documents about our national security and lied about having them. The corrupt Supreme Court tried its best to help Trump, but thankfully 5 Justices thought such naked interference would be a bridge too far after granting him “absolute immunity” for his numerous crimes in the summer. Those crimes include inciting a violent insurrection that resulted in his MAGA mob assaulting police officers and smearing shit in the Capitol. This man has also been held liable for sexual assault, defamation, and fraud.
It’s a great time to be a rich, white criminal in America, because not only do you escape all accountability for your numerous crimes, but if you’re lucky, you also get to become the most powerful man in the world. As such, every “institution” in America has already obeyed the advance and bent the knee. We’re seeing people fall like dominoes and give reverence and civility to a man who only dispenses contempt and cruelty. As democracy literally and figuratively is buried alongside President Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama is forced to sit next to Trump, the same man who fueled the racist “birther” conspiracy that forced Obama to produce his birth certificate. Hey, at least they shared a good chuckle and were nice to each other!
Because, after all, what’s most important: civility. In front of Trump, there was Kamala Harris seated with her husband, and she also had to be “civil” and graceful to a man who questioned her Blackness and ran a campaign of racism and misogyny.
Learning all the wrong lessons from the election, Democrats in the House and Senate are veering towards the right and deciding to reach out to this mythical GOP voter who will never side with them by throwing immigrants under the bus. They’re about to pass legislation that will detain undocumented immigrants who are simply charged with non-violent crimes like shoplifting. Private prisons must be drooling with glee. Meanwhile, over at corporate media, Morning Joe demands civility for a man who said the rest of us are “vermin,” “scum,” and “enemy from within” upon whom he’ll unleash the National Guard.
Nah, I’ll pass.
Thankfully, others like me refuse to engage in an abusive relationship with a movement that demands civility but dispenses cruelty, that mocks safe spaces for us but demands safe spaces for themselves, and whose entire movement is fueled by bigotry. If you don’t believe me, just look at Republicans openly blaming people of color and DEI instead of climate change for fires that are ravaging my home state of California.
In today’s episode of Democracy-Ish, Danielle Moodie and I make the case for rejecting civility in favor of resistance against thin-skinned racists and bullies who are delighting in the cowardice of corporate media, billionaires, and Democrats. We’re not interested in abusive relationships. We believe in reciprocity.
When they go low, we take out their knees.
Give us a listen!
Donald Trump was sentenced without penalty in the New York hush money case Friday after a symbolic – and historic and unprecedented – hearing following the first felony conviction of a former and soon-to-be sitting president.
Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Thanks, Waj.
I will NEVER understand why people voted for Donald and I will NEVER OBEY him or any of his minions!
The POS should be in prison.