Inauguration daycoremarcJanuary 21 2017, 04:02:37 UTC
I don't care so much about the individuals who win the Presidency, as I do for the causes influenced by their terms. (Environment, Supreme Courts, Trade war...)
For myself, it started out as a surreal day, knowing that DJT was about to become our President. Beyond disagreeing with certain policy positions, I am repelled by his apparent ignorance on many levels, yet clearly he has an intelligence that defies many. Now, I'm so vexed I may never uncross my eyes. I'm not taking the transfer of power personally, but the potential of this new administration is beyond worrisome. Look at the effect he's had on international diplomacy before taking office!
KMO, do you still hold to the opinion you expressed months ago, on the C-Realm, that it is unimportant who should win the position of President because of the structural rigidity of the Washington establishment? I mean, it did see us through the George W. Bush Presidency but he was no Donald J. Trump. I feel that this is a very different situation.
I really don't get it either. Its so strange how people can see the same thing so differently. Like most people I know, I was at work during the inauguration and unable to watch ESPN or trumps speech. But I watched it on c span when I got home (their coverage was awesome - just long, silent shots of what was happening with no commentary trying to scare me or make me angry. It showed it for what it was - a rather dull and excruciatingly slow ceremonial event for the military to dust off the brass). The speech itself was nothing new, only remarkable for the same reasons his talking points were remarkable throughout his campaign. But friends of mine did their best to pretend that he declared war on all nonwhite, nonmale humans and tapdanced by the big red button. What eyes are these people seeing with? After reading the first post over at the well of galabes, it makes a little more sense to me. Things that are plain as day to one culture are alien and literally unseeable to others. The strange thing about our time in the werold is that
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For myself, it started out as a surreal day, knowing that DJT was about to become our President. Beyond disagreeing with certain policy positions, I am repelled by his apparent ignorance on many levels, yet clearly he has an intelligence that defies many. Now, I'm so vexed I may never uncross my eyes. I'm not taking the transfer of power personally, but the potential of this new administration is beyond worrisome. Look at the effect he's had on international diplomacy before taking office!
KMO, do you still hold to the opinion you expressed months ago, on the C-Realm, that it is unimportant who should win the position of President because of the structural rigidity of the Washington establishment? I mean, it did see us through the George W. Bush Presidency but he was no Donald J. Trump. I feel that this is a very different situation.
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