Ignorance or Purposeful Action?

Sometimes I think that the Democrats actions are the result of simply lack of education or understanding about how our government works.  For example, that must be why they urge the courts to overstep their bounds and act as if they were the legislative branch, or that must be why they think that legislators, rather than working together and across the aisle, should act as dictators who demand everything be done their way, despite the voice of the people that should echo in the election of these representatives.   Based on the way the Democrats have behaved since the election of Donald Trump as President, it is easy to assume that they know nothing about our system of government, its three branches, and how they are intended to work.

But then I read statements like “Dems say Trump must meet their demands or face senate slowdown” (Real Clear Politics, 5/12/17) referencing this well sourced statement in The Daily Caller:  “Democrats continued their efforts to slow down business in the Senate Thursday in order to pressure the Trump Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor for the Russia investigation and to give into other demands.”  I see how they twist and distort every word from the Trump administration.  I see how they use hysteria and hyperbole to characterize every action.  I see how they do everything in their power since President Trump’s inauguration to stall and put roadblocks in the way of the furtherance of the agenda he was elected to pursue.  Then I realize that the actions of the Democrats are not based on ignorance of our governmental system, but on a disregard for our democracy and an attempt to override it and the voice of the people which it represents.

Let’s face it.  The Democrats cannot, will not, will never accept Donald Trump as the President of the United States of America.  People can write their many analyses of the many reasons why, but that is the bottom line.  And, their inability to accept that fact reveals an underlying inability to accept our form of government.  Our democracy demands that we accept the will of the people, even when we personally might wish to have it some other way.

The Democrats are used to getting their way; they have gotten their way for the past 8 years.  During that time they have built an intolerance for anyone whose views differ from their own.  Now, they are behaving like little children being told “no” for the first time.  But, these are not stupid people; they do understand how our government works and they understand how to use it against itself.  They understand how to destroy it.

I have to believe that it is not ignorance of how our government is supposed to work that drives their actions.  Rather, I tend to believe it is a dislike of our very form of government that is the driving force behind the attempts to thwart every action taken by the current administration.  I think that the Democrat and Progressive leadership knows full well that there are three branches of government, each with defined roles; they know what the Constitution says and that it protects free speech; they know that their role as elected representatives is to act for the people who elected them, not for their own interests; they know that their duty is to uphold the Constitution and to work for the good of the country.  But, they are not really interested in that system, because it also means that they, as members of the government, must support voices other than those in absolute agreement with their own; it means that they must listen to other views, work with those who hold differing views, and reach compromises on a variety of issues, all for the good of the entire country and all its people, not just their own select groups and their supporters.  

What the Democrats seem to want is absolute power.  Power to tell everyone exactly how to run their lives.  They want the power to tell us how and what to think.  And they want themselves alone to be the ones who decide what is and what is not acceptable.  They believe that they have better information or judgment than the rest of us and are unwilling to tolerate those who disagree.  This may be because they are emotionally immature and are acting like small children throwing a temper tantrum, or it may be because of some more sinister purpose.  Actually, the reason does not matter much.  What matters is that their actions are working to destroy our democracy.  And sadly, many of the people are ignoring, if not supporting this.