inauguration
For days before the inauguration, people all around me were talking about how thrilled they were about a new president. They felt hope and excitement. All I have been feeling is numb.
I'm really thrilled to see some diversity in our executive office, but that inaugural address left me flat. I was hoping for something revolutionary, but instead I heard more sliding to the middle. It frustrates me terribly to see opportunity in the current situation and not see someone who now holds such power taking a more transformative approach.
While listening to the address, I wasn't able to put my finger on what bothered me about it so I've been noodling over it ever since and there are several things:
- if you're going to sound like a preacher, you'd better do it well
- there was a lot in the address that sounded recycled (later analysts recalled and recounted the words of former presidents and I realized that's what I was hearing, their echoes)
- the call to action didn't actually do that, it just asked nicely
I'm still waiting for the revolution.
I'm really thrilled to see some diversity in our executive office, but that inaugural address left me flat. I was hoping for something revolutionary, but instead I heard more sliding to the middle. It frustrates me terribly to see opportunity in the current situation and not see someone who now holds such power taking a more transformative approach.
While listening to the address, I wasn't able to put my finger on what bothered me about it so I've been noodling over it ever since and there are several things:
- if you're going to sound like a preacher, you'd better do it well
- there was a lot in the address that sounded recycled (later analysts recalled and recounted the words of former presidents and I realized that's what I was hearing, their echoes)
- the call to action didn't actually do that, it just asked nicely
I'm still waiting for the revolution.