Looks like Hollywood's obsession with adapting hit Young Adult Dystopia novels for the big screen has attracted a real life equivalent in the form of the 2016 presidential race.
While searching for inspiration to base this very editorial on, I found the perfect article on the New York Times' website about Trump's latest transgression at one of his own campaign events. Apparently, a Black Lives Matter protester that was present at the event was violently beaten by Trump's supporters. Trump responded to the commotion with a simple "Get him the hell out of here," the "him" of course referring to the protester. When asked to comment on the situation, he responded with, "Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing." Let that sink in.
I really wanted to avoid writing an editorial on something negative, as I didn't want to fuel our society's outrage addiction by publishing a blog post on the Internet about something that will further anger people. But my point in talking about this specific situation is to bring some proper attention to the type of person that an alarmingly large portion of America wants to elect as their leader.
Trump has never been subtle about, well, anything. So many articles from endless news outlets are published and printed every week chronicling each of his controversial missteps that we've grown immune to his predictable personality by now. His Twitter account is even a parody of himself. But now, he just openly called an activist's desire for racial equality disgusting. And how are people responding? Are they responding at all? One could say they're responding by looking the other way and continuing their support for Trump anyway. Has our immunity to his behavior become a serious problem? Does the media play a role in our immunity? What will the elections (both Primary and Actual) uncover about America's latest desires for a leader? Is this real life?!
Trump's actions in the Primary alone are enough to garner concern for the future of our nation. His ideas and beliefs sound like something a leader directly out of a post-apocalytpic novel or movie would implement (Hunger Games, anyone? Abundance for the rich and poverty for everyone else sounds like just the course of action Trump wouldn't hesitate to take one day) and his followers/supporters are equally guilty/responsible for implementing a dystopian society upon the rest of us. Speaking of the rest of us, we need to, with a good conscious, think about what our society needs when voting in the upcoming election. Do we want to bring Panem to life and elect the beginning of a potential downfall of our society? That may sound dramatic, but when you look into what kind of person Trump is, I have no doubt that the nation will suffer at his hands if he wins. Of course, nothing in this blog post is truly new information (we all know Trump is scary and dense) but I felt the need to bring about the dystopia comparison to cement the fact that Trump will not be a healthy president. As for other societies I'd like to see America become, I'd much rather bring to life a utopian universe with dragons or Marvel heroes. Or student discounts on Netflix accounts, at least.
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ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here staring at my computer screen pondering how to address this topic in an intelligent manner. My colleague Kayla did a great job to not allow this idiot to get her out of character. However, Donald Trump makes my skin crawl. It is absolutely sickening to see how our society is literally backtracking, slowly regressing. The same issues we dealt with 100 years ago are the same issues we're dealing with today, it just has a slightly different appearance.
ReplyDeleteDo we honestly want a man, who on numerous occasions has proven himself to be very prejudice against minorities to be the leader of our nation? He thinks the presidency is another one of his entertainment fiascos, which is exactly what's going to happen here. We cannot take this man seriously.
"LETS BUILD A WALL BETWEEN AMERICA AND MEXICO."
"ALL MEXICANS ARE THUGS, RAPISTS AND IN THE CARTEL."
A #BLACKLIVESMATTERS protestor is "disgusting."
Shall I continue? Is this what our people want? How can I be proud to be an American? Our people are brainwashed! Lunatics! People don't care about equality and they don't care about progressing forward in our society. This has been the mindset for decades, it has only innovated itself to keep up with the time change. We have been reliving this same cycle since our land became a nation. Electing Donald Trump, that cycle will remain intact. Our Founding Fathers have every reason to be disappointed in opinion. We have come a long way to turn back around. Trump in office would be a mockery to our government. However, we'll have front row seats to the best show ever...Our Society Replaying History.
It breaks my heart that I've come to this realization and that I have to end my last blog of the semester with this but, the words of a man who is near and dear to my heart literally just sank in. He said, "The American dream, my American dream, is to get the hell out of America!" All I can say to that is, take me with you!