Radio Silence

Okay...TWO political posts today.  Hell...In my race to the finish I can make or break any "rules" I want...

I had thought that my withdrawal from social media in reaction to the election results was unique to me...then I realized my social media friends seemed to have disappeared as well.  Now, I find that this type of reaction has been the rule rather than the exception.  Liberal pundits and personalities everywhere, those who were extremely vocal on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram before the election have, if not disappeared, at least dialed down the rhetoric by a power of 100.

It's guilt.  We all suspect that by adding to the pre-election frenzy and cacophony, we actually contributed to bringing about the thing we feared most.  We threw gasoline on the fire we sought to squelch.  So now we have just...shut up.

I'm not sure that's the best tactic.  Bad things are bound to happen with Cheeto Jesus at the helm of our ship of state...but worse things will happen if good people don't speak up.

Then again, I wonder...

If we take away the opposition...

If we don't give the Trump faithful a target, don't provide them with an argument to shout down...

Maybe they will have to actually turn around and focus on the man they elected.

And, since we all know how fickle is the voting public in this great country...

Maybe we can hope that THEY will take him down themselves when he doesn't give them exactly what they think he promised, exactly when they want it.

Not a likely scenario, I suppose...  But nevertheless a comforting thought in these troubled times.