MAKE AMERICA HATE AGAIN

The popular slogan used by Trump and his base is as many of you know, "Make America Great Again' but in reality, nothing he stands for makes this country great, but they for sure have made America hate again.

The hate is everywhere we look and it all started with Trump who encourages hate and on a daily basis incites violence, either directly or indirectly. Whether it is his Muslim ban and the hateful rhetoric behind that or the nearly three year long campaign of hate and racism towards undocumented immigrants or any number of things he says and does, it gives those who support him permission to behave in such ways themselves.

Their logic is that if the president says these things then why can't they and as much as I am against his supporters, it is a logic that is hard to argue. When the most powerful man in the world says you can do something then people listen, especially those who lack the intellect to know better or question it.

Let it be known that hate crimes are on the rise since he took office and not just by a little bit, they have gone up a LOT. Whether it is hate crimes against Muslims or against immigrants or against LGBTQ people or even against women at women's rights marches, the hate is growing and it will continue to get worse as long as we allow it to continue, and that hopefully will come to a close soon.

When you have the leader of the country saying hateful things then you will have an increase in violence and hateful acts, it is just simple math. Under President Obama people were not given permission to behave like this and that is because Barack Obama did not treat people the way Trump does or say the things he says.

I have witnessed the hate from those who support Trump personally. In my online debates they have threatened me, called me names, and even gone after my family and this is who we are as America and who his supporters are.

The reason we have got to this point is that we have allowed ourselves to get to this point. In the 2016 election we let our divisions within our own party get in the way and many Dems stayed home and thus, Trump was elected and the hate that he preached and put out there during his campaign was allowed to become public policy and the voice of the office of the presidency.

Hate is not a Christian value and nothing that the "Christian Right" stands for in the age of Trump is what Jesus would stand for and support. Hate has no place in this world and it for sure has no place in the White House yet, here we are. It is amazing how we got here and how we have let our nation fall so far to the point where hate is a platform that the President of the United States not only ran on, but continues to run the country on.

The Make America Great Again movement is really the Make America Hate Again movement and it has been a long time since we have seen this type of hate in public office and it is the first time in my lifetime we have seen an American president hate people and encourage others to do the exact same thing. I honestly never thought I would see the day where we had a sexist, racist, and overall hateful president and one that demonizes the many groups that are different than him.

I truly never imagined how far we would fall but I do know one thing and that is that this country is resilient and our people are a strong and determined people and as the nation who overcame the racist times of the 50s and 60s , who fought through the hate of the homophobic days of the 70s and 80s, and who never has quit when times got tough that this will not break our American spirit and we will vote this hate out come next year, I know this for a fact!