I don’t know why I keep trying to convince people to use their brains in the age of media domination and hashtags.

We elected a President who was simple enough to believe that undoing everything his predecessor did he’d be popular and there would be no fallout. His handlers told him all he had to do was sign a bunch of executive orders and take a nap.

Now our border facilities flooded. Like, way more so than under Trump or even Obama.

…What happened to #kidsincages?

We’re trying to send the children to overflowing civilian facilities to get them out of terrible conditions.

…What happened to #stoptheseparation?

People who are positive for COVID are being released into the community – into Texas, Florida – California – so these mediaites can point fingers that COVID is spreading only in red states. All while our current administration won’t allow reporters to go anywhere near the story.

The Biden administration won’t even allow the President to answer questions they haven’t pre-approved; he’s flat out admitting he’ll get in trouble for answering certain questions. Just think for a second about your accusations that Trump was mean to reporters… You do realize that in order to be “mean” you actually have to get your hands dirty and speak to reporters whose only agenda is to denigrate you, right??

You all wanted the President to end #EndlessWar, right? Did anyone tell you what “endless war” means? Did you understand what you were supporting?

This might be news to the general public, but we still have bases all over the world – that’s what has allowed us to keep people safe and keeping terrorist groups from gaining power and threatening not only their own people, but OUR own country from danger. Terrorists and dictators only understand threats of returning their violence. The media and the masses berated Trump for threatening to use the full power of the American military and weaponry to retaliate if the Taliban, ISIS, North Korea, etc made the wrong moves – but his threats, while less than diplomatic and unpalatable to you, kept such people in check. You didn’t have to worry about your safety or the safety of our allies and you were free to ridicule the President for mean tweets.

There are tens of thousands of people whose lives are in danger because they trusted that the Americans wouldn’t make so stupid a move as to suddenly pull out all troops, all air support, at once without holding the Taliban accountable for their side of the deal. And for the President to actually put the blame on an Afghan military who have lost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers fighting these people to BLAME that military for what’s unfolding now is beyond reprehensible. Based on his short statement before heading back on vacation, I sincerely doubt the President knows the meaning of the term, “The buck stops here.”

China is now forming an alliance with the Taliban; the Russian embassy still going strong in Afghanistan and there’s a dead silence from them… What happened to your concern about “what other countries think of us”? Our enemies are more emboldened now than ever. And while our ally leaders may openly talk about how easy it is to work with Biden, how effective do you think he appears to them? They have nothing to say about him because he does NOTHING but smile and nod. He is completely inept.

Biden ignored ALL advice from his closest advisors. What happened to the criticism of Trump for firing individuals he considered ineffective? Biden just ignores them – is that okay with you, because the media doesn’t focus on it? Where are the accusations of “dictatorship”? Be honest with yourself. It is transparent that this administration’s only concern was claiming victory in bring American troops out of Afghanistan after Trump couldn’t – timing it just right when Biden’s approval rating was eroding due to his mishandling of COVID.

Which, by the way, I didn’t think was too bad. I criticized the decision made by the Trump administration to disseminate checks last year as a publicity tactic, too. (The only Trump policy Biden continued, right? If there’s anything Democrats are good at, it’s buying votes.) But I am able to criticize politicians I support, because I can think critically and not just blindly support my “side”. And I have the ultimate respect for my friends who voted for Biden and now admit it was probably a mistake. It’s even harder to admit while most of your contacts are still living in that bubble.

Please stop being so binary and simple-minded that you get ALL your political ideas and talking points from the US “news media”; stop focusing so much on your own narcissism to only speak out with the popular talking points- or to remain silent about what you know is true just to avoid conflict with your ignorant friends and family. Deep down, you know that looking at complex issues in the simplest terms will never solve them. If you don’t want to learn, remain ignorant; but do us all a favor and also remain silent. Please, for the love of God, weigh what you’ve considered the “problematic” issues in our country against what is happening all over the world – and the weakening of our country’s borders which may ultimately destroy us.

I’m done remaining quiet.

Note: Posted this stream-of-consciousness quickly and haven’t had a chance to edit yet. Will come back and do so soon.