American Blues

So two nights ago I’m on my way to bed, forgetting that it’s election night and right before I can get some shuteye, every timeline on my social media is filled with reactions to the midterm election results. Now let me start off by saying that I am not someone who personally invest in politics, though I do care alot about the many social issues that cross over with politics, I personally don’t pledge allegiance to politics. At the same time, I also don’t have anything against people who are invested in politics as long as their investment doesnt turn toxic, I mean what’s the harm right? Well that’s what brings me to the point of this article.

With all the political discord rising higher than ever on a regular basis. I make a conscious effort to laugh at the daily drama that makes it to my feed, either that or I hustle avoid it as a whole. This time around something was gripping my attention. A lot of people who would’ve been otherwise “red voters” seemed to have a change in tune in light of the Donald in chief’s detestable so I stuck around just to see how it would turn out and much to my amazement, the Democratic Party clapped the HELL OUT OF THEM REPUBLICAN CHEEKS.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My home state of North Carolina had now become a blue state, along with our neighboring South Carolina and wait for it…Texas. All of these traditional red states turned blue and what’s interesting is a lot of it’s empowerment didn’t come from the blue voters along, but a lot of red voters who were also fed up with the nation’s current state of affairs. Clearly this was a blue tsunami as many would say, but what stuck with me the most was the red voter reactions. I swear you would’ve thought it was the end of the world. That’s how most of them acted in their reaction videos, anyway. The thing that really stuck with so many was the hypocritical rhetoric being used to justify the anger towards the end result of the election

The general consensus that so many of these die hard right wingers have is that it’s the end of America. Their reasons for believing so are the claims that the left doesnt represent God’s values or even proper traditional American values. What they really mean is they don’t like anyone who doesn’t fit the profile of the narcissistic nationalist identity.

Just put it this way. Blacks, queers, women, Muslims and Natives won seats in leadership and now these nuts are acting like it’s the end of the world. No, it’s just the end of their world. Things have gotten difficult out here for everyone and even many on the other side of the political spectrum wanted to try something new. Of course you heard the complaints come in: “oh things are just gonna get worse out here” YEAH, they’re always gonna get worse because the only thing that can truly get better is you, but that ladies and gentlemen is the true meat and potatoes of this story here.

Let’s be real, a lot of these die-hard right wingers don’t actually care about the country getting better, especially when things have clearly been getting worse over the past few years. They just care about the person or people who represent their idea of proper American leadership being in power and having all the control, which is funny because these are the people who are always complaining about how the left plays with identity politics, but regardless of the changes made or NOT being made, the right also only cares about the identity of the person in charge, only it’s just one specific identity they care about: that good ole American boy nationalist/whites supremacy mentality. They’re the same as the left they claim is so bad, the difference is they just subscribe to one category of identity.

They’re also big on using religion and morality to justify their ways, but that too is just another tactic of manipulation and control. They’re the same people they put in power are also morally corrupt and all they do is make excuses and work day and night to try to justify it. Look, for better or worse America is changing. You don’t have to like these changes, but they are inevitable. So you can either learn to get with them or get rolled on by them. It’s up to you, be an Ameri-CAN or an Ameri-CANT who just whines and sings the blues.