Forget Shooting Someone On Fifth Avenue

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Random thought I had today… we all know Trumps infamous quip about shooting someone on fifth Avenue and not losing support. I’ve proposed he could do a lot worse directly to his supporters and not lose support.

What if it was something truly objectively foolish he began demanding? Like blind people should be given drivers licenses or change the lights on the school bus to green with a large green GO! That flashes at the other drivers so they keep going while kids get off the bus? Could you literally make it anything and still the cult would follow? Or would they hop off the train at one of these absolutely insane stops?

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Random thought I had today… we all know Trumps infamous quip about shooting someone on fifth Avenue and not losing support. I’ve proposed he could do a lot worse directly to his supporters and not lose support.

What if it was something truly objectively foolish he began demanding? Like blind people should be given drivers licenses or change the lights on the school bus to green with a large green GO! That flashes at the other drivers so they keep going while kids get off the bus? Could you literally make it anything and still the cult would follow? Or would they hop off the train at one of these absolutely insane stops?

I've said before, he could sexually assault a loved one in front of his most hardcore MAGA hat-wearing supporters and they'd say "it's ok, she was asking for it."

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I've asked that question here before. How far is too far? What causes you to say "enough. I'm done". I'm not sure I ever got a straight answer to that question.

I don't think it's prudent to go down that road. There seems to always be a justification for everything. All I ask for is accountability. As a recovering addict (eight years clean this summer, God willing), I had to be held accountable for my actions. And I was. Nobody was making excuses for me. I had to clean up my mess and answer for my wrongs.

Nobody seems to want to do that. It's always "not fair", or there's an excuse to be made or a finger to point at someone else.

It's hard to sit back and watch what we've become. A very angry, bitter people. A people that always has to be right, so much so that we can't even recognize when someone does wrong. It's increasingly difficult to raise children to be decent, honest, caring adults when you turn on the TV and hear the things being said. Nobody wants to set the example.

So I don't think it's wise to put it out there like that. All you will get is "Yeah, but's" and red herrings and strawman arguments.

I'm a big 9/11 buff. There isn't a documentary or news show I won't watch involving it. Most times, I have them on in my ears while working. The only thing it serves to do anymore is hurt my heart. Because for a couple of months there, it seemed like things were going to be okay. But by then, the line was drawn in the sand. I would love to go back to a time when Congress could stand together. Now it's a dog and pony show.

I guess I won't be seeing what I'm after. There's no ratings and no money in it. So these little games will carry on.

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I've asked that question here before. How far is too far? What causes you to say "enough. I'm done". I'm not sure I ever got a straight answer to that question.

I don't think it's prudent to go down that road. There seems to always be a justification for everything. All I ask for is accountability. As a recovering addict (eight years clean this summer, God willing), I had to be held accountable for my actions. And I was. Nobody was making excuses for me. I had to clean up my mess and answer for my wrongs.

Nobody seems to want to do that. It's always "not fair", or there's an excuse to be made or a finger to point at someone else.

It's hard to sit back and watch what we've become. A very angry, bitter people. A people that always has to be right, so much so that we can't even recognize when someone does wrong. It's increasingly difficult to raise children to be decent, honest, caring adults when you turn on the TV and hear the things being said. Nobody wants to set the example.

So I don't think it's wise to put it out there like that. All you will get is "Yeah, but's" and red herrings and strawman arguments.

I'm a big 9/11 buff. There isn't a documentary or news show I won't watch involving it. Most times, I have them on in my ears while working. The only thing it serves to do anymore is hurt my heart. Because for a couple of months there, it seemed like things were going to be okay. But by then, the line was drawn in the sand. I would love to go back to a time when Congress could stand together. Now it's a dog and pony show.

I guess I won't be seeing what I'm after. There's no ratings and no money in it. So these little games will carry on.

Well put… there have been several documentaries made that go over the decline of cities in the U.S. which is the origin of the resentment in middle America Trump thrives on. I was watching one yesterday and it was pointing out how badly broken out family units and societal structures are. That’s the real root of the problem. The very fabric of being a decent person and meaning something for so many people has been shredded. There was one zip code in Memphis they looked at… 6000 residents and 5 nuclear families.

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I might predict that the majority of apartment owners in Trump Tower will soon be voting to have the name removed from the building.

The building board Is working on scheduled esthetic renovations, and the preliminary plans include stripping all the tacky trump crap from the building.

A building wide vote Is scheduled this summer.