Source: USA Today
by Louie Villalobos
“We have all disagreed on politics for generations. It’s the foundation of our governmental and voting systems. One side thinks we need less taxes, for example, and another is fine with taxes if it helps improve quality of life. Or whatever. Do we disagree on the economy? Cool. Disagree on whether we need gun control? Fine. These are the usual ‘politics’ and have long made family gatherings worth attending. That’s not what this is. … I grew up, went to school and lived my life with the very people many of you think should be part of Donald Trump’s promised militarized mass deportation. I am them. They are me. We are who you voted against. Why would I sit at the same table and pass the stuffing around with those voters on Thanksgiving?” [editor’s note: So disposing of everyone else’s rights at his whim is “cool,” but he’s beyond offended his own rights being on the block? – TLK] (11/26/24)