Maybe I'm Wrong?

Well, it's been awhile since my last post. Not much of a blogger with a new post in many many months. Life happens, and with various side projects and endeavors, it has not been easy to sit and write.

To get to the point, I know I am not in the minority when it comes to the divisiveness of the current "president". I put that title in quotes, because he is far from presidential in my opinion, and I still do not support Trump in any way, shape, or form. He has done nothing to better our lives or the state of our country, and is the most narcissistic person I think I've ever seen.

It is not easy to have this opinion when I have friends and family members that voted for, and still vehemently support this "man." I try to stick to only social media posts that are in my comfort zone, as it relates to an anti-Trump sentiment. There are many. Every once in awhile I find myself drawn in to a post that begins that Bruce Banner to the Hulk transformation. And yes, I should know better and just keep scrolling. Especially when I know that it will only end in a no win scenario (much like a certain ride in Disney World that I'd just soon forget). I know my limitations and I should stick to them. But it's not easy.

I'm told over and over again, that I am wrong for letting my hate of Trump cross over to his supporters, including family members, etc. That "not all people who support Trump are bad, and they should not be lumped into a categorized group. Also, that he is "temporary" and I should just chill and let it go, and wait it out and it will change again, as it always does. I'm basically laughed at as being foolish, or ignorant, or non-inclusive and divisive myself. Well, it's not easy when the things that are reported every day, clear as day on video most times, is still considered "fake news" by his supporters, including people I am close to. There has NEVER really been a time where his words and actions that are considered poor, are ever looked down upon. Maybe the occasional "I don't like everything he says and does," but it usually ends with "better than the 8 years of hell I had to deal with," or "still better than Hillary."

I know that he will be gone someday, hopefully, even though he says his supporters want him to lead for eternity. Again, something I know would never happen. The military would go in and drag him out if they had to. But I digress. It's so hard to feel anything different than I do. Imagine going outside on a beautiful sunny day, and having your neighbor complaining about it raining and holding an umbrella, determined that it's raining. It would be beyond frustrating. That's how it feels now. People trying to preach to me. Telling me to get over it. I'm wrong to be so angry. Maybe they're right? I don't know. This man is so obviously a terrible president, probably the worst in our history. I guess if you're wealthy or a racist or bigot, you don't think so. That's where my road divides. But i guess I need to look at it another way.

On the television show The Walking Dead, there is a group of survivors that was led by a former sheriff's deputy, Rick Grimes. Since his group came together, they had been fighting together, and working toward a goal of being able to restore some sort of normalcy back to living, and even though they had to do bad things at times, like kill, it was always for the safety of the group and the propagation of that dream. The along comes another group, led by a man named Negan. He was brutal and killed to get his way, and even killed two of Rick's friends to prove it. Well, after trying to live under Negan's rule to keep his group alive and safe, it became evident to Rick that they needed to get rid of the other group and survive the way they had been doing up to this point (Don't worry, I will make my point here). So after a huge war, Rick's group won, and instead of killing Negan, the3y imprisoned him so his group could see they were going to survive without fighting. Join up. Work together.

Well, Rick ends up "dying" and his partner Michonne takes over. Negan has befriended Rick's daughter, and seems to be realizing that he was not doing the things he should have been. But again, he thought he was doing the right thing for his group, the same way Rick thought the same for his group. Now there is a new group that's seems to be even worse than Negan's, and after years of being locked up, is sought out for advice by Michonne on how to deal with this new "evil" enemy.
The conversation goes:

Negan: So you cut through their territory. Ballsy.
Michonne: We didn't even know if they were there. Point is we came came together.
Negan: Common enemy. Common goal.
Michonne: Facing great evil brings everyone together.
Negan: Same thing. No-one ever thinks that they're the evil one.

I guess that I will try to look at this whole divided opinion thing like that last line.
Anyway, thank you for putting up with the rather long-windedness of this point.
I'll just leave it at that. you can feel any way you please.