A Post About Trump and Some Non-Debatable Issues
Provided by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida
On the question of whether we should work together with Trump? The following post is circulating on the web (March 1, 2025). Join in, copy and post the files, add your name and keep it going.
I will not be drawn into debate over this post.
I am
aware of the arguments of people who disagree with the statements below.
I
am posting this for all those who may be living in fear in this moment so you
know you are NOT ALONE.
I want to share this piece in solidarity:
This is
where I stand. The 45/47th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions
of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans
in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all or most
of the people I love.
Some people are saying that we should give Trump a
chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and
he is "everyone's president." This is my response:
• I will not forget how
badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years
and Biden cleaning up his mess...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his
principles and his attempts to work within the system.
• I will not "work
together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.
• I will
not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit
Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent
of the Senate.
• I will not "work together" to build a wall.
• I will not
"work together" to persecute Muslims.
• I will not "work together" to shut
out refugees from other countries who seek asylum.
• I will not "work
together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and
poor.
• I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line
his pockets and those of his family and cronies.
• I will not "work together"
to weaken and demolish environmental protection.
• I will not "work together"
to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then
despoil those lands.
• I will not "work together" to enable the killing of
whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a
few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.
• I will
not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.
• I will not "work
together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have
been alive.
• I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.
• I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the
bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.
• I will not "work together" to get rid
of common sense regulations on guns.
• I will not "work together" to
eliminate the minimum wage.
• I will not "work together" to support so-called
"Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.
• I
will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate
change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that
Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.
• I will not "work together"
to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.
• I will not "work
together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.
• I
will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.
• I will
not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.
• I will not "work
together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat
at the table, or to normalize their hatred.
• I will not "work together" to
deny health care to people who need it.
• I will not "work together" to deny
medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."
• I
will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.
• I will not "work
together" to normalize tyranny.
• I will not “work together” to eliminate or
reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.
• I will not "work
together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.
• I will not
support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred
Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which
provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.
• I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.
This is my line, and I am drawing it.
• I WILL stand for honesty, love,
respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of
Life itself.
• I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the
uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:
That "winning," "being great
again," "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing, when others are sacrificed to
glorify its existence.
Signed:
Dr. James R. Martin, Vera
Martin, Robin Ritchie, Sheila Warren Eaton, Dana Badgerow, John Novaria, Gladys
Keith, Jamie Staudenmyer Baird, Beth Pile, Mike O’Rourke, Susan O’Rourke, Gail
McDermott, Rev. Jeff Nagorny, ret., Sue Arenschield, Marilyn Sifford, Tracy L.
Romans, Carol (RedSnap)Goolsby , Darell Walker Sr., Lisa Staton Dyer, Deborah
Millington Holmes, Jeremy Parker, Randy Caldwell, Kelly Gilmore, Janice Wise,
Dr. Christopher Eaton, Kathleen Farrell, Rosa M. Bender, Robert Corsini, Grace
Roberts Dyrness, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Pedro J. Windsor-Garcia, Lori Keller
Burns, Kathleen Steele Pautler, Thomas Nemmer, Beth Licata Cooke, Erin Selig,
Joseph Fell, Donna Berry, Sandy Hoffman Nelson, Karen Fishlock Miliotto, Craig
Wright, Andy Tamarin, Denise Malone, Gloria Konsler, Debbie Pye, Lisa Behm,
Alison Donley, Brenda Voshell McNeil, Bunnie Bryant, Bishop Karen Oliveto, Judy
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Now it is your turn. Copy,
paste, and add your name to the top.
This needs to be heard loud and clear.
Note: I put a copy of this post on my blog at https://maaw.blogspot.com/2025/02/no-debate.html?view=flipcard
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