Trumpers
Unlike at the Pro-Palestine demonstrations, where white men routinely called us “Terrorist!!” swore and gave the middle finger, there did not seem to be as many vocal push-backers. Someone did yell out “Kamala lost,” in what may have been a tired voice because they just don’t care. Maybe more of a yawn.
Others said: “At least they didn’t burn things down,” which was another eye roll, and testament to why Black people continue to opt not to come out, as they get blamed for escalating. I saw one Beacon police car parked up the hill on South Avenue. When there was a fight between two Black people at Loopers Plaza last summer on a Saturday afternoon, there were over a dozen police vehicles from three police agencies who rushed to the scene. One observer there at the time couldn’t imagine how the police could service other parts of the region, because they were all at Loopers in Beacon.
What they do care about, however, is the City of Beacon’s eviction of the retired volunteer firefighters from Beacon Engine One, which is a story I’ve been working on and have an audio interview for, that I was slated to work on that Sunday. But…I went to the protest instead because it was such a large event. We needed to know what was going on. Back to the eviction of the retired fire fighters from their community center, and I need to get you more of the interview I had with the corrections officer about the “lawlessness” he calls the corrections industry in New York State.
What I’ve noticed about Trumpers and MAGAs is that they too felt very dictated to by the Biden administration and past Democratic administrations. COVID especially traumatized many who were forced to close their businesses permanently because of the shutdown, or who went into deep debt with no sales, or with the Economic Relief Loan the federal government made available but made everyone pay back. So many business owners are still owing tens of thousands of dollars back because of that loan, even if they have since closed their businesses.
People forced to take vaccinations that they were not comfortable taking yet - from regular people to corrections officers to first responders. Some of those people got very sick. Remember how first responders were fired for not taking the vaccination? And some corrections officers too? These are real issues that do not get mutually respected, usually by the Democratic side, and has deepened the divide. To where Trumpers now are simply enjoying watching Democrats suffer under what they feel they are dictator moves.
Where we had mandated masking, we now have the same Democrats banning masking. The first in the name of health, the second to identify people protesting for Palestine. Don’t you see how it all contradicts?
Obviously, this version of the dictatorship is much more extreme, and more openly lawless, with mass firings of federal workers, cutting of federal investments, threats of cutting off federal aid, lawless deportations, assumptions of guilt with no evidence presented, etc.
At this point, Trumpers who are not upset by what is going on may just be shorting the stock market and profiting off of the cratering Dow, just like the Trump administration and other politicians on either side may be doing. This happened during the COVID shutdown, where people profited off the lock-down. Same thing is being recreated in this forced COVID-like scenario.
In Conclusion
It is clear that no one is coming to save us. Someone is profiting very much. People are being stolen out of their lives. And extreme selfishness is rooted in what we are experiencing.
After the April 5th protest, while it was nice to see everyone, I don’t anticipate much else happening. Politicians have to do something. Anything. And CEOs need to figure out how to buck back. Judges need to keep judging to keep innocent people from being deported. And more attorneys need to resign from law firms who are doing pro-bono work for Trump out of fear of losing federal contracts (oh! here’s a new one).
I always said that if Trump was elected, there would be an Insurrection 2.0. I’m just not sure what that will look like. Maybe some of the January 6ers will change their minds, lead a charge, and return back for a storm on Washington. I’ve heard some of them have become advocates for prison reform after having spent time in there.
Palestine broke me. Where “I see both sides” now, only it’s both sides with these political parties. Neither are in it for us. They use us, and maybe it’s been a dictatorship all along.
I continue to watch journalists be targeted and killed in Palestine. And be burned alive. Israel or the United States are not held accountable.Nor are United States elected politicians held accountable for letting Trump use this entire government to manipulate the stock market.
Back here in Beacon, I’m directing that helpless energy into local causes I can impact, like advocating for the build of the new Dunkin’ Donuts (one was already there but died *edit* before COVID, when several other Dunkin’s closed in the Hudson Valley, this would be a new one), the extreme push-back of which I view as another form of redlining. Only the colors are the branded ones orange and pink.
Just let the people have their avocado toast and egg-whites. With a cheat of a glazed donut. From the safety of their car. Especially for those who cannot walk long distances, as is the dream of this anti-Dunkin’ Donuts effort. People just can’t walk as much as you’d like them to. And, people of all colors work in and eat in and buy from Dunkin’ Donuts. So what are you doing.
Meanwhile, I will continue to mess you up here at A Little Beacon Blog about Palestine until you put FREE PALESTINE and any of the abducted students onto your posters.
But. I don’t hold back my advocacy for issues that are under attack. This is not a tit for tat trade.
Cheers.
