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In reply to the discussion: I am suffering from Trump depression. [View all]Freelancer
(2,107 posts)She found a house for sale. It had an ugly boulder just outside the back door. Nobody wanted it because of that. When she made a low-ball offer, the owners were thrilled. All the men in the family -- mostly loggers -- thought she was nuts. They all said there was no way to extract the rock, or blow it up, on account of it being so close to the house. Her solution was just to dig a boulder-sized hole, tip it in and smooth it over.
It's easy, and only natural to look at Trump and most Republicans and feel down. Their callousness makes them immovable by appeals to both the heart and reason. But, a stone is only as immovable as the dirt holding it up. When something is immovable, target the ground it stands on. The right wing stands on "conservatism." Yet there is nothing conservative about anything the Republicans are about. Point this out relentlessly, one shovel-full at a time, right next to them and they will fall.
Then, we can put picnic tables over them and all have veggie burgers.