The Tragedy That Is the Democrats

Today I am just sad and bewildered.  How can so many people, indeed, an entire political party, hate this exceptional country so much?

As I read the news this week it feels like we are in the final throes of a war; the Democrats are waging their largest battle against the president, his supporters, and everything that traditional Americans hold dear.  They have joined forces with the media who have not a shred of credibility left as reporters of facts and who long ago gave up their once noble role of objectively keeping the people informed. 

This battle has many soldiers.  For example Adam Schiff, whose sole goal since 2016 has been to destroy Donald Trump.  His obsession is not unlike that of the fictional and monomaniacal Captain Ahab whose hunt for revenge sends him and his crew on a fanatical mission that ultimately leads to their destruction.  Schiff has now hired NBC reporters to help him dig up dirt to further his single-minded goal of destroying Trump.  They are joined in this mission by Jerry Nadler who has filed over 60 subpoenas and requests for information that are nothing more than a fishing expedition to find something, anything, that might be cooked into some sort of allegedly impeachable offense.  And all the rest of the Democrats have jumped on board to do whatever they can to win this crusade.

The Democrats hate Donald Trump in the same blindingly pathological way that Captain Ahab hated Moby Dick.    Why they hate him is unclear; to some extent it may be that he does not wear the cloak of refinement that they pretend to wear.  To others it is that they see him as the thief of the power to which they believed they were permanently entitled.  Others may be concerned that he stands in the way of their progressive or socialist agenda.   Whatever the reason, they are seeking revenge and are willing to destroy anything that stands in the way of the satisfaction they think they will feel upon Trump’s destruction.

They will accept as collateral damage the end of the rule of law, the end of defined borders, the murder of infants born alive, international peace and the strength of America on the world stage, the basic freedoms that make America what it is, including freedom of speech and the right to hold one’s own values and religion.  They are not interested in the Constitution or in defending it; they are not interested in fairness or equal application of law.  And most certainly they are not interested in facts.

They trash, ignore, deny, and degrade Trump’s many accomplishments, perhaps because he has accomplished what they couldn’t or wouldn’t over the past many years (wouldn’t because, like any good dictator, they need a permanent underclass to support their power; things like improved economy and low unemployment empower those whom the Democrats would keep down.)  They fight the president on things that they have supported in the past.  They schedule ridiculous hearings at the same time as a sensitive North Korean summit that could end a nuclear threat; they would prefer to disrupt a summit than to support our country – their only interest is their own selfish obsession.

The Democrats seem to fully hate America in the same way that a toddler hates anything and anyone that gets in the way of his gratification.  What we see is that the Democrats are as self-centered as a toddler; they want everything their way whether that is the will of the people or not, whether that is best for the country or not.  Like Captain Ahab they will destroy the entire ship of state and everyone in it to satisfy their irrational and selfish need for revenge.  Again, revenge for what?  The only logical answer is that they want revenge because Trump won the election.  Really?  Grown adults unable to accept the results of an election while they claim to care about the country?  This is laughable and yet we seem to let them continue to act out their tantrum while ruining the country in the process.

This is the same sort of tragedy portrayed in such classics as Oedipus, Narcissus, Shakespeare’s Lear, Satan in Milton’s Paradise Lost, to name a few.  Perhaps the reason the behavior is not recognized as dangerous is that those classics are no longer read thanks in great part to the Democrats seeking their ban from school curricula. 

The Democrats are taking advantage of the underclass they have created.  Education no longer teaches critical thinking but instead seeks to impose a particular thought into the students.  Religion is demeaned and those who maintain faith are often ridiculed.  I often think that the hatred that comes from the Left toward those who do think and question as well as those who hold a deep faith within is not so much disdain as jealousy.  These people whom the Democrats would silence are often happier and more tolerant that their attackers.  This flies in the face of the emptiness that seems to exist within the hearts of Democrats.  They don't understand how those who are not following them can be happier than their own dark hearts allow.

The Democrats need their underclass.  They need people whom they have convinced cannot succeed without their help.  That is how the Democrats hold their power.  Trump is showing people, all people, that they can succeed.  He is not defining certain races  or other groups as secondary but is making it possible for all to work and support a family, to get off welfare and take pride in themselves, to identify not by external group labels but by their individual talents and beliefs.  That, by the way, is America.  And that is what the Democrats hate.