Thursday is Thanksgiving. The turkey has been pardoned, and soon, the pies and another turkey with stuffing will go into the oven.
Will a “Dear Uncle” be at your table who will ravish you with praise for Trump?
It’s time to say NO! to his Trump rambles. The press’s soft politeness hasn’t reached him. But Thomas B. Edsall and Brian Klass say it’s time to hit “Uncle” right in the jugular — rhetorically, of course.
Oops! Are you dragging your feet, thinking you want to host a quiet, calm dinner party this one time? Well, say no to that. I’m with Thomas B. Edsall, who wrote in The New York Times today, “The Roots of Trump’s Rage.” It would be best if you were, too.
Together, let’s try new approaches:
- Rational: Read “Need ‘Table Talk’ for Thanksgiving?” as earlier published here on SubStack and also at My Rural America.
- Compassionate: We know how much “Uncles” love Trump and stand with him, hating immigrants and acting like immigrants and migrants are hardly human. Never mind that they mow our lawns, build our houses, and milk our cows.
- Try reminding “Dear Uncle” about how undocumented people have hearts and help us by telling this story about how a migrant lost his future in the United States to save a little American boy. A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both. (Catherine E. Shoichet, Thomas Lake, CNN)
Oops! Need another strategy? Let’s be brave … go right for the gut! The media has already proved ignoring Trump’s rage doesn’t work, so let’s stop being polite about Trump. “Uncle” has missed the message about his favorite candidate.
It’s time to stuff some information into “Dear Uncle,” just like we did the turkey. Try this: “A 77-year-old racist, misogynist bigot who has been found liable for rape, who incited a deadly, violent insurrection aimed at overturning a democratic election, who has committed mass fraud for personal enrichment, who is facing 91 separate counts of felony criminal charges against him and who has overtly discussed his authoritarian strategies for governing if he returns to power.” Vox, Telegraph.UK, NPR, The Atlantic, The Washington Post.
WOW!! 91 felony criminal charges! Meanwhile, the media mumbled… fussing about Biden’s age. They are afraid to get serious about this election, so let’s keep going.
We can do their job for them. Try this with “Uncle:”
“If Trump — in adopting language that he cannot help knowing replicates that of Hitler (especially the references to opponents as “vermin” and “poisoning the blood of our country”), we have to wonder if he has crossed into ‘new terrain.’…”
Ask, “Dear Uncle! Don’t you remember Hitler and WWII??”
If this isn’t enough, look at Trump’s declared agenda, which he recently explained in Waco, Texas.
“Trump ‘wants the Justice Department to investigate onetime officials and allies who have become critical of his time in office, including his former chief of staff John F. Kelly and former attorney general William P. Barr, as well as his ex-attorney Ty Cobb and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley.'” Josh Dawsey, Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post.
Hmm. Just what we need: Send all our past senior-level appointees to jail because a past president gets mad at them.
Need more ammunition? Read Thomas B. Edsall’s latest column in The New York Times, “The Roots of Trump’s Rage. “
Want more? Read Brian Klass’ October 1 discourse, “The Case for Amplifying Trump’s Insanity.”
I know. I know. Dear reader, you’re considering your need for calmness and laughter at your Thanksgiving dinner. But if we don’t hit hard now and go to the jugular, “Dear Uncle” will have already voted before you see him again next Thanksgiving dinner.