I seem to recall saying that what Hilary should do is simply shut up and let the Drumph keep going, he would, in his own way, shoot himself in the foot, narrowly missing his brain. Well...lo and behold maybe, just maybe, we are witnessing the implosion of the Donald, finally. And I say maybe because he should have been sunk on his first day with his Mexicans are rapists comments while declaring his unfathomable campaign...and just about every other day since. But his candidacy has been anything but normal and what would have tanked any other person has elevated him to where he is now...shit rises I guess.
So, I'm not going to speak of him as a voter (not that I can vote in the US), I believe my thoughts are well known on what I and most rational people believe would be the election of a second Hitler. No, today I speak as a father of daughters. Two beautiful girls that are growing up in a world that bombards them with images of the "perfect body" entertainers that call them bitches as a punchline and now a presidential candidate that has come to personify misogyny. I'm blessed that my girls are strong enough and smart enough to realize that their sense of worth and happiness should come from within, not from the messed up world of memes and music videos.
My girls and I talk regularly about many topics, we are pretty open with each other and I wouldn't want it any other way. From abortions to zebras we have talked about a lot of things together, it's a way for them to develop their open minds and think critically, to not be sheep. While I have my beliefs and opinions, some very strong, I have mostly stayed away from trying to impose my beliefs on them. But I mince no words when it comes to issues surrounding someone attacking someone else for being a woman, a minority, poor, gay or with mental or physical health concerns...I have and will continue to say my peace on these issues and if it flies in the face of someone else's faith or belief, too fucking bad. Wrong is wrong...and I'm not abdicating my responsibility as a father or a human being for the sake of some sort of political correctness.
As a father of daughters I am appalled by Drumphs behaviour and for his apologists continuing support...how can you stand there and equate this to a boys being boys kind of thing? Boys being boys is about taking the cinnamon dare or anything that happens after the phrase, "hold my beer for a second". Not this, not for a real man. If you claim that he speaks from the heart, well, he has shown you what's in that pit of hell quite clearly, don't you think? Why is an image of an office full of beauty pageant contestants flashing through my mind when I think of Drumph as president, which is followed by an image of the world actually set on fire and him holding the mother of all flame throwers?
Our daughters need to be protected from people like this, not led by them, and our sons need to be taught that this isn't anything remotely close to acceptable behaviour for a man...ever. I believe in educating both boys and girls on what true equality means and to give them the tools to stand up to the outside pressures that would condone any "isms". It's good that we help girls to stand up to sexism but we also need to include boys and teach them to see that this kind of behaviour isn't acceptable. It will take a lot of time but it's well worth the effort if we can relegate the Drumphs of the world to the darkest corners...make it reprehensible to be like him.
So, Donald, on behalf of mothers and fathers, I feel compelled to end this little post thusly, with all the respect that I can muster....go fuck yourself you ass hole dung beetle.
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