Odd O'blography

America Does Not Suck!

Being MAGA means never having to love your neighbor. - The Gospel of Trump

At a glance, MAGA seems like a reasonable slogan. Who wouldn't want to Make America Great? But then there's that negating word, Again. Why add Again, why not just MAG? In this context, Again means not now. So, MAGA really means America is not great. That isn't necessarily a terrible thing to say. Certainly, there's room for improvement. But 'America's next Hitler' falls far short of calling for improvement. At his rallies he uses words like failure, hellhole, and wasteland to describe America. His implication is clear: America Sucks.

He follows up his disrespect with the claim that 'America's children have lost hope, there is no hope'. Again, he's being quite clear that MAGA really means America Sucks. His solutions? Concentration camps and deportation of immigrants. A federal sales tax (tariff's just another word for taxes we don't choose). A return to persecution based on gender, race, and political affiliation. An oppressive dictatorship with cultural police to enforce loyalty. And what about his personal commitment to improving America? He has never asked his base followers to make a personal sacrifice for their country. He's referred to military heroes as suckers and losers. He debases his presidency by hawking infomercial crap to the gullible. And. when asked if he learned from the supposed assassination attempt, he replied 'maybe I'm worse'.

The greatest contribution America has given the world are these lines from the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

America does not suck. But that may not always be the case. The MAGAnoughts deny the truth that all are created equal. They seek the power to deny these unalienable rights not just to immigrants, but to any who dare oppose them. A victory for this negative agenda would be an affront to the Creator and an end to the ideal of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Whether we are conservative or liberal, religious or secular, gay or straight, we should all be united in our desire to preserve the American dream. We hold this dream not just for ourselves, but in trust for generations to come. 250 years of hard-won progress toward equality and justice for all races and creeds must not be thrown away. Let's all move forward together with one common agreement: America does not suck!
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