What?!! Are you really going to start reading some more about what somebody thinks about Donald J. Trump? Really? Haven’t you had enough already? Or at least enough for today. That’s it. Go away and give it a rest. There are many other interesting posts on goodmenproject.com that you should be reading instead. You know your attitude about Donald Trump by now. You already know if he is a good man, or not so good.
What? You don’t like my attitude? You don’t like me telling you what you should be reading right now? Ha, this makes you want to keep reading evermore doesn’t it? I dare you to stop now. Yes, that is what I am saying, move your curser and close the window. Move along. There is nothing new here for you to see.
Gee, you are hard to get rid of. You probably don’t like me one bit by now and can’t wait to read what I have to say about what your attitude toward Mr. Trump taking the oath of office for President Of The United States of America should be, so you can think about and feel how much you disagree with me.
Okay, that is a good reason to keep reading. So keep reading.
My attitude about what your attitude toward Donald Trump should be, is that you should be more mindful about what your attitude toward him is. How do you like that for a sentence?
What I am saying may be particularly helpful to you if you are very troubled by Donald Trump and are trying to find things to read to help you feel less troubled.
By adopting the attitude that it is good to be more mindful of your attitude about Donald Trump, you will find some relief. If you try what I am suggesting here is what you would be trying in these trying times.
First, do some more thinking about your attitude toward Donald Trump. Let us call it your “Trumpatude.” I can spell that any way I want because I made that word up, as far as I have searched, (which is not at all.)
Is your Trumpatude one of anger? If so, might it be a good kind of anger, the kind that makes you feel more alive. The kind that can make you forget about your other troubles for a while while you savor how much you are troubled by Trump? Think about it. You might actually like your Trumpatude trouble.
If your Trumpatude includes hate, think how great it feels to have someone you can hate unconditionally and politically correctly. Most people who hate Trump hate his attitude about political correctness. If you believe that political correctness is important, isn’t it great to be able to express your hatred in a politically correct fashion? Didn’t you hate the way Donald Trump supposedly mocked a reporter with a disability? Don’t you love the way Alec Baldwin, mocks Trump? Isn’t it great to be able to combine your hating with laughter? Are you appreciating your Trumpatude more yet? (By the way, if you are interested in why Trump was not mocking this reporter’s disability and how media went with the myth that he was, there are clear non-false news facts to support this. However, for the purposes of this article it would be better if you believed that Trump did mock a man with a disability, by imitating that disability).
Now maybe your Trumpatude includes fear. Fear for what Trump could do to you. Fear for what he could do to people you care about? Fear about what he could do to people in classes of people you care about, some of whom you might even know. Well, this is troubling. This kind of fear is best enjoyed right away. To enjoy it notice how good it feels when your realize he hasn’t seemed to do much, since being elected president, to seriously harm anybody you care about yet. (Is there any evidence that he has harmed people in the process of getting as rich as he needed to be and as close to rich people that he need to be and as close to people who know people who can do things you don’t want to know about that he needed to be, to be president? Well, yes. But this is almost impossible to avoid).
After you enjoy this, you can get on with the more difficult task of stopping President Trump from hurting you or somebody in a class of people you care about. This might include being kinder to other people than you already are.
Thinking of ways to stop fearful government leaders from hurting people can be quite entertaining. So, can doing something, like signing a petition or marching, just as long as what you do isn’t too frightening for you. You will probably get the most out of your efforts, if they are somewhat frightening for you to do.
My main Trumpatude is one of appreciation for the man and the reactions he inspires, that give me something to write about. Some attitude that is.
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My opinion of Donald Trump(long BEFORE he showed any Presidential ambitions) is that he is a bully, a boor, a bigot and a blockhead. Look at the way he treated Melania at the inauguruation and his boasts about grabbing women “by the pussy”. Poor Melania- and more to the point poor America! Assuming he reads this, I may be banned from entering the US, but I don’t care. NOT to have anything to do with the United States of America( at least as long as Donald Trump is its Chief Executive) is rapidly becoming my most cherished ambition!