I feel bad for anyone getting Covid 19 but this rings true with me…not my words but these thoughts have crossed my mind…This…
“In the past few years, I’ve seen President Trump mock a lot of people. He mocked Hillary Clinton when she got pneumonia. I’ve seen him mock a dead soldier’s mother because of her religion. I’ve seen him mock a reporter who got shot with a rubber bullet while covering a protest. I’ve seen the President boast about how he doesn’t need to have empathy for certain groups of people, doesn’t need to try to understand their pain. At the beginning of this pandemic, he mocked China and its people by calling it the “Kung Flu” and belittling their suffering. He’s mocked Asian people with a fake accent. President Trump mocked the pain of sexual assault survivor, Christine Blassey Ford. He has mocked Joe Biden’s stutter. He mocked a disabled reporter. Consistently, he mocks his political opponents with rude nicknames. He insulted Ted Cruz’s wife’s appearance during the last election. He insulted Carly Florina’s appearance in the last election. He has called women “fat pigs” and “slobs” and “bimbo,” and he said crude things like, “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband, what makes her think she can satisfy the country?” - cruelly rubbing in what was probably an incredibly difficult, heartbreaking, and embarrassing betrayal.
The really disheartening thing is – I’ve barely made a dent in the list of times our President has insulted or mocked people with no regard for respect or kindness or empathy.
And for the most part, those of you who have suddenly decided to chastise Facebookland, posting today about empathy and kindness – Well, you’ve been silent for four years (five if you count the year of campaigning). Silent about all those instances. I haven’t seen you speak up and say that Donald Trump is a bully or that he shouldn’t call people names or delight in their misfortunes. I haven’t seen you stand for decency and empathy. Instead, you’ve supported the biggest bully of them all. And now - today - you’re lecturing other people about mocking someone who is sick?
That seems disingenuous. Incredibly so.
Either you value empathy and kindness and respect, or you don’t. Either you believe we should treat other people the way we want to be treated, or you don’t. But you can’t overlook it from your leader for four years, then suddenly speak up today. Well, I mean you can, but I can’t take you seriously. If you haven’t spoken up before now, you don’t really value those things.
If those things are truly important to you, you can’t support Donald Trump as a leader. And if you support him, then you don’t have any moral standing to lecture other people on Facebook about kindness.”
