Donald Trump - when lies are his truth

Breaking the Spell of Donald J. Trump

Because words speak "to truth to power'... even when that "truth" is one big Trumpzi lie!

Letter from the editor:  

Dear Brooklyn Readers,

I've spoke about the importance of being an informed electorate. 

In fact, I've shared how unfortunate it was for so many of us who fell for Russia’s 2016, misinformation campaign on social media. And how that led to a divide-and-conquer strategy that successfully peeled away millions of Democratic voters.

I even talked about that moment, about a year outside of the 2016, election when life-long Democrats and perfectly reasonable voters suddenly began parroting things like, “There’s something about Hilary Clinton I hate; she’s just as bad, if not worse, than Donald Trump.”  (Maine Writer- Oh palleeze? Worse than who?)

Call it a lack of faith in our electoral process. Or, call it self-management of expectations. But I call it “BS” (IOW "bullshit"!) and Trump’s latest Jedi Mind Trick on Democrats already is beginning to take root.

By now, we know Trump is a habitual liar. This penchant he has for lying has become a part of his character, because, for decades, it has been rewarded. He looks for the desperate, the downtrodden, the angry, the uninformed– those who seek elevation by association– to follow his lead, because they believe their options are limited. That is his base.

Orwellian!

But how many of those qualities now embody his opponents? Are we also so angry and uninformed, so downtrodden and of the belief our options are so limited we should acquiesce defeat? Even if those aren’t the precise intentions, they have the same effect. 

And now, about a year outside of the election, I’m beginning to see it happen again all over social media: Democrats slowly are enrolling in a new defeatist mantra: “Donald Trump needs to go, but I have a feeling he’s going to win again.”

Me: Why do you say that? Do you really believe that? Do you not plan to vote?

1. Them: Yes, I’m going to vote. And I don’t know why I say that; I just think he will.
2. I was taught that words have power: They are prayers, proclamations, incantations. When words are repeated, a new seed of reality begins to grow. This is how language is formed; how the words “ain’t” and “conversate” eventually ended up in the dictionary. It’s also why prayer within any religious faith by the masses works miracles. Words matter. Words speak truth to power.
3. Donald J. Trump understands well the power of words when spoken over and over and over … He may not be the handsome, well-read, kind or trustworthy person we had in our former president. But what he definitely is, is a gemini, a master communicator, a words manipulator. And he knows exactly what he’s doing.
4. Trump’s rallies represent more than a self-possessed man eating from the trough of his narcissism. I was taught that words have power: They are prayers, proclamations, incantations. When words are repeated, a new seed of reality begins to grow. This is how language is formed; how the words “ain’t” and “conversate” eventually ended up in the dictionary. It’s also why prayer within any religious faith by the masses works miracles. Words matter. Words speak truth to power.

I choose to say very little, negative or positive, about the Democratic primary candidates– not because I have no one I favor, but because words matter. It was during the primaries when the divide-and-conquer strategy that drove away Bernie Sanders voters first took root. So, for whichever Democrat is nominated is who I’ll vote.

Because this next presidential Democratic candidate will defeat Donald Trump. Donald Trump will not be reelected.

Amen. End of story. And because words matter.

Sincerely,  C. Zawadi Morris published in "Letters from the editor".