While the last few days have been some of the most depressing for me, there is one aspect of the situation that offers some comfort. Finally I have something that isn’t nuanced in shades of grey, it is simply black and white. Or to be more accurate brown and white.
The Trump ban on Muslims and refugees is WRONG.
There’s little point in going over the reasons why it is wrong both in its essence, and in the possibility of achieving its declared objectives. If you are reading this you either know the truth of that statement or if you do not, have either not read the facts of the ban or have a mindset that doesn’t respond to those facts.
Of course the comfort of certainty only goes so far. The depression comes not so much from the actions of President Trump as from the inaction of so many others. Where is the outrage from ALL of those elected to defend the United States? Where is the condemnation of an action that goes against the basic tenets of the country? Have we fallen so far that we have elected so many politicians who seem to act in their own interests rather than in the interests of the people who elected them and the country they supposedly hold so dear. If the argument is that their silence reflects the views of the majority then we are seeing the demise of the America that has been a beacon to the world. I still hope that this is not the case, and although I am happy to have black and white views on the ban, I will continue to strive for a shaded view of the wider world.
February 2nd 2017