Divided. We’re not the United States. We’re a combination of red and blue states, and it pains me that this may never fade. Instead of writing about the lack of testing, the increasing number of deaths, and the urgent need to stay home, lately I’ve been interested in a growing problem, our lack of unity.
I spend hours a day on Twitter, and I notice that every tweet that Donald Trump posts includes an insult about the Democratic Party as a whole. He calls people cruel names, an example being him calling George Conway “moonface,” insulting him about his weight. And although free speech exists, why should our President talk so unprofessionally about others? It makes me sick.
The problem is that Donald Trump has a following of supporters who jokingly laugh about the horrible example he is setting for children. His following includes Michigan residents who fill their statehouse armed with guns, holding signs with swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses on them. Are we back in the 1950’s? Am I really growing up in a country where people are still allowed to flaunt these symbols of hate? But our “stable genius” of a President doesn’t care, tweeting phrases like “Liberate Michigan!,” encouraging these people to continue to protest social distancing because it violates their freedom somehow. But why are swatskickas and confederate flags involved at all? It makes no sense to me.
Although the Democratic majority House of Representatives has proposed and passed hundreds of important bills, Donald Trump still calls them the “Do Nothing Democrats,” and tweets that the Democrats are “always ripping us down!” This leads his supporters to hate Democrats even more, and even if Joe Biden wins in November, Trump’s following is too involved, and I guarantee that he will continue to rally them against the Democrats.
Every move that he makes, every tweet that he tweets, matters. Some people hang onto his every last word. They call him their God, their Savior, the greatest President ever, and more. It’s called brainwashing.
What scares me is his lack of opposition against the racism and anti-semitism displayed by the protestors holding Trump signs. His campaign is based on hate and division, along with swastikas and confederate flags. If people continue to accept this behavior from a President, our America will never be the same.
I don’t want to live in a racist or anti-semetic America, do you? I want to live in an accepting and fair America. I want to live in an America where Democrats and Republicans are willing to work together to better society. I want to live in an America where the President discourages racism and anti-semetism. As I conclude this, I urge you to think about America’s future regarding unity before voting. It can be discouraging, but a small glimmer of hope will reveal itself at the ballot box.