Stunning images dominated the
presidential elections, beginning for me with the post-election map of the
United States by county. Except for slivers of blue along both coasts and
pockets of blue in urban areas, the map was almost all red. Then we got TV
reports on street protests in several large cities and flag-burnings on college
campuses. These images tell us a lot about how divided a nation we have become.
The map shows a stark division
between rural and urban America. The protests, moreover, confirm, beyond simple
geography, that we have two Americas with essentially different values. These
differences have always existed, but it took an election between two flawed
candidates with enormous negatives to arouse passions on both sides.
The majority of citizens outside our
cities, feeling disenfranchised by a leftist government insensitive to their
needs, voted against what they saw as a corrupt Democrat machine that would
only make matters worse. “Drain the Swamp” became the perfect expression of
their anger, as they rallied for the one man who heard their cries and gave
them hope. What the biased media and the pollsters missed was the depth of
their passion.
The street and campus protesters
railed against election results that threaten their generous entitlements. Will
they now be forced to pay for their own food, their own medical care, and, as Hillary
promised, their free college education? The eruption of slanders from an
embarrassed media says it all: How will we survive in a country run by bigots
and racists?
I submit that we are not a nation of
bigots and racists. Most Americans are not haters. They are law-abiding
citizens who believe in equality and in the freedom and opportunity to enjoy
their God-given rights of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Maybe
it’s time for all of us to retreat to a quiet corner and to re-read the Declaration
of Independence. In this season of Thanksgiving, we should all be grateful to
be living in this great country of ours.
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