A Warning on Minneapolis, ICE and Democracy Under Trump

Since what happened again,

um, in Minneapolis, I just feel compelled to say something.

So I've actually written something that I'm gonna read.

I have been mostly out of the U.S. since this past September.

So I've watched with the rest of the world our democracy

being systematically disemboweled and torn apart,

along with the institutions which in the near past, though never perfect,

have stabilized our society and supported the American people.

I am outraged and sickened

by what is happening under the Trump regime. The cruelty,

inhumanity, and arrogance. The voracious corruption.

The cowardice. The sickening hypocrisy.

The blatant manipulation of facts. And now, the cold-blooded murder of

American citizens. I have felt for a long time

that there are thousands and thousands of American citizens with cellars

full of guns. I fear that ICE is giving them the excuse

to pull the trigger. Humans are a conflicted species.

Since we ventured out of the caves, we have been tribal, territorial, and violent.

The United States of America has been tribal, territorial,

and violent from the very beginning. Democracy is the most

idealistic and ambitious form of government

because it demands that all individuals participate for the good of everyone.

For society.

E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. Never perfect,

because we are imperfect. But at its core, the idea that all of us are

created equal

and have the right to life,

liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was

revolutionary when it was conceived, and it still is. Not the pursuit of enemies,

or the pursuit

of great riches that means the impoverishment of others, but of happiness.

Democracy demands compromise.

But compromise doesn't mean to sell out for personal gain

or revenge. I feel, I sense from over here,

that the great American body politic is stirring, waking up,

and taking in what's going on.

What the Trump regime is attempting to do to our beloved country and its citizens.

It is waking up

and taking note. And mark my words, there will be hell to pay.