By this stage of the surreal reign of the troubled and dangerous man residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I've grown weary of being forced to debate reality with apologists for this sociopath.
With the union of white nationalists and religious zealots which has been thrust upon us, I still cannot understand why these two concepts are so hard for them to accept.
1- People should be able to do what they want as long as they're not hurting anybody
2- People have a responsibility to take care of others.
1- Same-Sex Marriage
If one accepts these two common-sense premises, argument ceases when considering these seven issues...
Y'all lost. The SCOTUS ruled. Besides, it truly has nothing to do with your life. Surely you can certainly try to find a community that maintains the same bigoted heteronormative prejudices you carry. If other people do what they want — it's really none of our business.
2- Transgender People And Bathrooms
Imagine living a life so boring that you really care about who can use what bathrooms. Remember those "whites only" bathrooms and drinking fountains? It was wrong then and it's still wrong.
3- Gender Wage Gap
Remember back to childhood? Chances are the mothers in the neighborhood were the ones who took time off work to go to doctors' appointments and drive carpool. If that doesn't seem like an issue to you, try equal work for equal pay.
4- Black Lives Matter Vs. All Lives Matter
It is a fact that if "all lives matter" that "black lives matter" too.
5- Leaving the Paris Accords
The United States could end the addiction to fossil fuels, invest in renewable energy, and probably end up far better off economically. Corporate interests in "big oil" and "big coal" that are enabling the Dotard do not care about the damage they cause. The research of scientists has nothing to do with their being "liberal snowflakes," they're trying to protect the Earth.
6- Gun Control
Why should the inmates in an asylum have access to guns!??? Or folks that cannot board an airplane? After Las Vegas, why are we waiting to ban bump stocks and assault weapons? When is that "appropriate time" to discuss any form of licensing the NRA keeps talking about?
7- Universal Healthcare
If you believe everyone deserves the same chances in life, that starts with healthcare. Maintaining physical health is one of the few things that everyone has in common, so why not make the solution equally accessible to all?
CONCLUSION
If humanity survives the Trumpster, my bet is that the need to debate common sense will lessen with time. In the meantime, I question why we bother explaining reality to magical thinking and closed-minded? If one believes in karma it is almost certain the actions of the President and his Party in Congress will have the MOST impact on their "Base".
I predict that every Alt-Reich voter has their health insurance premiums skyrocket. That their pre-existing conditions disqualify them from coverage. That the upcoming "tax reform" hits them hard in their already reduced purchasing power. That their assault on the EPA poisons their air and water. That their summer vacation to America's National Parks takes place in the shadow of a drilling platform.
Hopefully neither they nor one of their loved ones will die in a senseless NRA enabled mass shooting. Perhaps when a natural disaster occurs they luckily will escape the "compassionate response" as seen in Puerto Rico.
Perhaps it will take a mushroom cloud to get them to reassess their support for the Rethuglican Party, or believe the Secretary of State who when he says the POTUS is - an "f...ing moron." Or the highly respected Senator who calls the Trump White House, "an adult daycare?"
On the bright side, whatever tragedy occurs, they can blame it (always) on Barack Obama.
MANY BLESSINGS- NOEL
