“First he came for John McCain because he got captured. Then he came for women. Face like a dog. Grab em by the pussy because I can. Then people with disabilities. Imitating, calling disgusting and ordered out of his sight. People with weight issues soon were targeted. The LGTBQ+ community and drag queens and kings were soon at the top of his list to defame, denigrate and attack.

Books were thrown into the mix to prove his point and encourage greater aggression from supporters. All along he made no pretense of his disdain for black and brown people. Shit hole countries. Shoot them in the legs. He’ll pay the attorney for roughing them up. OBama. CENTRAL PARK FIVE. He saved his biggest group for trump 2. Any immigrant from anywhere living in his country legally or not is warned to expect to be extradited at his whim. He brought his gestapo with him.

Carefully chosen to always follow his command. And through all that, his people laughed, cheered, bought his merchandise, wore shirts with his picture and flew flags with his name. His army was large and happy because none of them were on his hit list. Till now.

Now, his list includes everyone. Poor, rich, white, black, brown, red, yellow, rainbow, old, young, veteran, businesses owners, farmer, student, worker, Canadian, Mexican or penguin. You’re on his list now. Along with every nation worldwide.

We saw this story before. We have monuments in town squares dedicated to the locals who went to far away lands to drive this same man and his gestapo into the ground. When a nation puts a man in power based on his hatred of “others” it is inevitable you will eventually become one of his “others”.

So while you watch your 401K evaporate, while you can’t access the VA or Social Security to schedule an appointment, as you watch your health center close and find out you now have to pay 104% more for all those Walmart and Amazon things you love and grocery prices are double, maybe take a moment to understand that government isn’t a joke.

It’s not a game of thrones video. It’s real daily life or death for millions of people. It affects everyone including you. And one last thing. God has nothing to do with this. He didn’t vote for anyone.”

— infraheard (LC)