tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post4735151496300189767..comments2024-03-09T00:58:19.040-08:00Comments on THE WORLD IS A STAGE: History Repeats ItselfJAY JOHNSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04209913484299156278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-88559846885324163332016-11-15T14:04:19.337-08:002016-11-15T14:04:19.337-08:00If it had been anyone other than hillary the resul...If it had been anyone other than hillary the results probably would have been different.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-74462284627393126602016-11-15T13:26:00.926-08:002016-11-15T13:26:00.926-08:00Jay my hat is off to you if you can pull away. I ...Jay my hat is off to you if you can pull away. I have tried and can not and I'm worried about my sanity. Your so right in your description of the trumpeteers. In my mind I see them all cheering Na na. On the deck of the Titanic as it's leaving port. My every forecast is so dark I don't even say it all but then a few moments later another facet hits me that makes it ten times worse God help us all Daray Pringlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14512273208659325009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-26044567152113589742016-11-15T11:49:33.470-08:002016-11-15T11:49:33.470-08:00Jay, you are a kindred spirit and I feel your pain...Jay, you are a kindred spirit and I feel your pain, and like you, I know I must surrender, for now, and focus on me and mine, or be committed to a room with padded walls and no Internet. I have become addicted to the "Bla-Bla-Bla" much of it created in my own reactive mind, and compelled to scream into the wind, where nobody cares or hears. I feel good knowing I did what I could to find reason. I encouraged a debate with friends and family who think differently, in an impersonal way, attacking the beliefs and not the believers, but the smugness and arrogance of Trump, and his minions, have enraged me, and I must take a time out for as long as I can, and as my daughter's pre-school teacher would say, many years ago... Choose Happy. My best, BradB<br /> Brad Blaisdellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16540862469422545646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-9747361841916801402016-11-15T11:42:44.605-08:002016-11-15T11:42:44.605-08:00I agree with you 1000%, and I am an Independent. A...I agree with you 1000%, and I am an Independent. After teaching history and political science for 42 years I am scared to death with the parallels. Even though I have tried to remain non-political on social media, I refuse to be silent anymore. Time to start calling your representatives in Washington. I have many Trump supporting friends who get outraged when they are clumped with the rascists. If they really feel that way, then they better start speaking out against his rascist appointments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-52975163585927315832016-11-15T11:39:30.898-08:002016-11-15T11:39:30.898-08:00As you may have seen, Jay...when I posted sympathy...As you may have seen, Jay...when I posted sympathy for gay folks, Mulsims, racial minorities and women, I had a "friend" come on and accuse me of "hate-mongering."<br />I have since posted that I'm not likely to post nearly as much...and keep my political posts to a minimum...<br />because telling the truth had no positive effect. The guy got in and those who had crawled out from under rocks began spray painting hate on the church and household walls...began beating up people who were different from them, all the while chanting pro-Trump slogans. We are heading for a long, dark tunnel.<br />But I have hope that, two years from now, during the next election (though, sadly, not the presidential election), there will be enough horrendous evidence that even the Trumpet Swains and Trumpettes will have figured it out.<br />Maybe.<br />Meanwhile, I have fastened my seatbelt and doubled my medication.<br />P. Greciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32734453.post-56113558146141457362016-11-15T11:34:31.689-08:002016-11-15T11:34:31.689-08:00Jay. You know you are not alone. More than half th...Jay. You know you are not alone. More than half the country feel to a more or less degree the same way you feel. The barbarians have crashed the gate and while I am angry, fearful and still partially in a state of denial, I know that there is a grass roots resistance movement forming. Once all the protests have declined, we have to solidify and become a force that speaks for those whose voices are about to be muted or silenced altogether. We have to try and save our planet as well. We have to mobilize and clean house in the mid-terms and try to keep momentum after that. There is a force out there for good. Don't give up hope.Lloyd Lebowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156531410951419191noreply@blogger.com