A FEW of my responses to discussions/posts in Friends’ Facebook page, slightly edited.
<>Trump Spectacle, and Stuff.
WHETHER Donald Trump gets jailed or not, it doesn't really matter to me. Honestly, sincerely. But I'd like that the Trump Theater is over soon. Per global perspective, the world (especially U.S. allies) has grown weary and exasperated with Washington infighting and partisanship drama.
Top traditional allies Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Israel have either cozied up to the superpower rival or simply hushed or feigned neutral grounds. Japan and South Korea are just "being nice," politically. But of course the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has massive long overdue quid pro quo to deliver to Washington. So whatever he does for the U.S. is a no brainer, such as thumbs-up to two additional military bases to 7 already existing for years in the islands.
What good does an endless Trump demonization do to America? Brag to the world that the United States can prosecute its "rogues," uh huh? Then I will go back in time to enumerate foreign affairs rogueness that crushed many countries, such as the coddling of dictators. And that’d easily include Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
There are many issues that are swept under the rug of this endless Trump spectacle. Internal/external. So jail him or whatever. Worse, this primetime TV thriller inflames the other side of the political extreme. We are seeing more violence in the streets, I fear.
Yet tell me how many Potuses hid/kept documents? President Biden even did. How many Potuses had sexual shenanigans? I am more into prosecuting heads of state for blatant corruption. Other countries jail/ed their leaders, as in straight to the slammer. Most current on the hot seat of leadership murk is Scotland’s ex Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon. I mean, Volodymyr Zelensky keeps massive wealth in offshore banks in British Virgin Islands, Belize and Cyprus. Yet the U.S. continually hands him billions$ in aid or taxpayer money. Purportedly to a war that is bound to be a repeat of the Afghanistan fiasco? A gargantuan wastage of resources and human lives. Why don't Americans talk about that instead? But then the anti war activists are already silenced by the Trump distraction, and that is very sad.
<>Christianity Bashing, Anti Religion Hate.
BEST way to deal with religious personages is–ignore them. Let them be. That’d be the most sane course. Religious/irreligious or faithful/secular, we anchor our (unpleasant or pleasant) behavior on personal prejudice or primal angst. Religion/irreligion is simply a cover.
But then, there seems to be no stopping Christianity-shaming these days.
And since people these days get bored fast (despite so many other more sensible stuff to do) and we have this accessible social media media medium to throw whatever comes out of our “restless inertia” a.k.a. funky brain vessel, many aim to pour dark clouds on religion as scapegoat for social ills in our midst. We gotta blame stuff somehow.
Yet even before politics got messy and technology got frivolous, humanity has been killing each other because their faiths and beliefs clash. Religion has always been an expression of a people's culture; cultural traditions built villages based on common beliefs (per agriculture, clime and environmental facts, food sense, marriage, family, rituals etc) and alongside, political governance grew as well as business models and trade strategies.
Then animosities based on religious fervor and cultural self-righteousness rationale'd territorial grab, racism, commercial zeal, military dominance etc. But if we at least try to see the common positive or universal good in religiosity, like selfless aid in calamity areas and communal rescue initiatives or group-enhanced calm, we might be able to lessen hate.
But then trudat, it's boring not to diss Christianity (though it's dangerous to shame Islam so many veer away from that gig). Boredom can be fatal, too. So I thank God/dess there are streaming TV, sports TV, cats and dogs, gardening, cooking etc. Those who don't do these? Expect them to create an anti God meme for attention.
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