Blogpost # M. 75 ON STAIN REMOVAL

We might acceptably describe the word “stain,” as a discoloration produced by a foreign matter having penetrated into a fabric, evidenced by an unattractive spot, or fabric blemish, not easily removed. This writing is concerned with the existential need to remove the serious threat, herein analogically portrayed as a “stain,” imposed upon the precious and vulnerable fabric of our Democratic Republic by the penetrating taint of Donald J. Trump, together with his extensive band of deluded acolytes. To further exploit the chosen analogy, we would observe that stain removal in instances where the stain is pervasive and of longstanding duration is empirically difficult.
The ominous danger to the endurance of our Democratic Republic, posed by the cult-like, attraction of Donald Trump, to our Nation’s prodigious inventory of inadequately educated and discontented populists, is palpable and has already imprinted its unattractive stain upon the fabric of our body politic. We have extensively written of Trump’s multifarious undemocratic, amoral and criminal acts, including the commission of acts of treason. Trump’s malicious campaign against “truth,” the Constitution and the Nation’s foundational of rule of law, his utter lack of moral or responsible compass, his treasonous disloyalty and his unconstitutional behavior, not to omit his public declaration of intention to be a dictator, until the present, had received no legal retribution. Indeed, his unpunished mafia-style political operations have earned him the celebrated title of “Teflon Donald.” Mainstream, traditional American citizens have uniformly expressed frustration with the apparent “pass” afforded him by the legal and judicial guardians of our precious democracy.
However, such Teflon coating recently was found to be somewhat ineffective. Trump, after being the recipient of the full motherlode of protections (which he has promised he would eliminate, as “dictator,” if elected) as fairly and uniformly provided to all criminally accused, was unanimously found “guilty without a reasonable doubt,” of thirty-four felony charges, following a properly conducted New York Criminal Court trial. Our sigh of relief and legal affirmation by such decision, was mitigated by Trump’s egocentrically delusional (or tactically based) claim that the trial was “rigged.” (See: our immediately preceding essay, “CHUTZPAH” # M. 74). It is also to be despairingly noted, that in response to such multi-count conviction, donations from his MAGA cult of misguided lemmings, were disturbingly enormous in amount, demonstrating to citizens dedicated to the support our vulnerable Republican Democracy, that the removal of this deep, widespread and ugly stain, will take especially energetic and proactive effort. The abhorrent stain of MAGA fascism, alarmingly, has already extended its noxious pollution to one of America’s two institutional political parties, to its House of Representatives and most incredibly, to its Highest Court.
Just as the removal of marring stains on fabric requires an effective cleansing agent and the expenditure of determination and concentrated effort, the ridding of this analogical fabric blemish, inclusive of its widespread, undemocratic spread, will require such significant effort and ardent, personal dedication. The shamelessly aggressive populist, anti-democratic tactics of the contextual enterprise seeking the disfiguration of the constitution and the atavistic discarding of the societal rule of law, calls for ardent application, with a dedicated and tireless hand, the persuasive cleansing agent of the defense of truth and civil morality. However, a response consisting merely of the practice of conveyed theoretical admonition would appear haplessly impotent to counter the growth of that politically toxic and metastasizing reprise of Nazi-ism. Michele Obama’s recommendation, “When they go low, we go high,” is commendable and a tribute to her intellectually wise and sophisticated persona. However, in our experientially, pragmatic view, in dealing with the subject, vocal, active and dangerous insurgents, we would suitably recommend, an effective amendment to such morally principled declaration, viz., “When they go low, we go low.” Totalitarian bullies pay scant attention to academic or philosophical admonition. Our efforts to cleanse the Nation of the danger of autocratic, tyrannical rule, must be affirmatively expressed in ready, vocal argument, and when relevant, legal redress; and inarguably, by the proper exercise of our vote. We cannot, as mere spectators, permit our historically unique form of humanistic polity and its assured personal liberties go the tragic way of the 1930’s Munich. The dynamics of choosing a leader by the mode of terrorism is systemically abhorrent to the normally socialized American citizen; as is the toxic defiling of the Supreme Court, House of Representatives and one of the two traditional political parties. The mainstream American citizen needs to wake up to the impending threat with an affirmative, Paul Revere- type exigent alarm. (ref.: M. 74 “LEFT AND REICH”).
In keeping with our Nation’s history of overcoming political tragedy, viz., Civil War, Great Depression, the Viet Nam War, McCarthyism and the like, we retain our systemic optimism that with regard to the present hazardous threat, our precious and vulnerable Democracy will endure; based upon the historically empirical, dedication of its traditional mainstream citizens. It is our further expectation that traces of the contextual stain will not be entirely obliterated from the fabric of our Nation, like that of the Civil War and Jim Crow; but that they will exist as faded, but enduring, instructional reminders.
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