The End of the Republic. Yeah!

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 thousands of White people (plus a few token minorities) marched in protest, which became a riot, upon the United States Congress.

Think about this: Washington, D.C. is only 36.6% White (U.S. Census of July 1, 2019 ), but 46.3% Black, 11% Latino, 0.3% Native American, and 4% Asian. Given the immediate availability of "people of color" in metro Washington, D.C., wouldn't it have been a far more "potent" message if the protesters truly represented the diversity of the United States of America? Isn't it a "better protest message" that "all people are pissed" and not just White people? Well??

Without any regret, I proudly voted for Donald Trip in 2016 and again in 2020, and I supported his decision not to concede the election! Why did I vote for Donald Trump? Here's why:

1. President Obama was a lousy POTUS, a weakling managing both domestic and international affairs; he (and Vice President Joe Biden) did absolutely nothing to reduce the income gap between Black people and White people; Obamacare did absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of health care or to improve the health of U.S. citizens; and although he publicly and repeatedly chastised Hilliary Clinton for her blatant lies and hypocrisy when he ran against her for the presidency, he boldly fiip-flopped and championed her candidacy when she ran against Donald Trump.

2. Hilliary Clinton is a conniving, sneaky, two-faced, deceitful person; read more here.

3. Donald Trump possessed (and continues to possess) more business acumen and business savvy than Hilliary Clinton, and was easily the lesser of two evils.

4. I voted for Donald Trump in 2020 for the same reasons above, and because of his commitment to do exactly what he said if elected; for providing citizens with stimulus checks - which President Obama did not do back in 2009, because President Obama's commitment was to bailout wallstreet instead of the 80% of U.S. citizens that literally "live" paycheck-to-paycheck; and because Joe Biden is far too "sickly" to live throughout his entire presidency (yes, he'll likely die in office), thereby, elevating the ever-so conniving and deceitful Tamla Harris as President. And, no, I'm not against a woman as POTUS, if fact, and without regard to race or gender, Democratic Hawaii Rep. and former 2020 Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is my ideal candidate, as is 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, an attorney, entrepreneur, and the founder of Venture for America. Both Gabbard and Yang are much better picks for Vice President and/or President.

With regard to the protests/rioting in Washington, D.C., the liberal and mainstream media (is there a difference?) all blame President Trump, while they constantly ignore the "big picture." What's the big picture?

The Big Picture:

• POINT 1: People, a great "diversity" of people, are sick and tired of the inconsistency, contradiction, hypocrisy, and the overt elitism of government officials and "crony-capitalism" of people of power and wealth.

• POINT 2: White people, with very few exceptions, unilaterally define and limit the "character and scope" of "civil rights" for people of color; but when it comes to "protesting" their so-called "civil rights," White people can do whatever-the-hell they want without any or very little risk of incarceration, injury, or death.

Throughout U.S. history including last year, far too often, even the non-violent and peaceful protests of people of color frequently resulted in truckloads of arrests or deaths; but White people are consistently exempt from such . . . treatment. Remember, Will Brown, a Black man, was beaten, then lynched, then shot, and then burned to death by a mob of hundreds of White people in the center of downtown Omaha, Nebraska on September 28, 1919. Over 200+ people were belatedly "interviewed" by law enforcement, but no one, absolutely no one was arrested, convicted, fined, etc. Yesterday, we saw thousands of White people storm the U.S. Congress, and as usual, their lily-Whiteness exempted them from being shot and killed. If they had been Native Americans protesting the blatant theft of their lands (Republic of Lakotah) and their perpetual incarceration on Indian Reservations they would have been shot and killed. If the protesters had been Black, well . . . given the COVID-19 epidemic, one can only hope enough body bags would still be available!

President Trump is not the problem. Again, President Trump is not the problem.

Unlike Biden, President Trump was and is the right person, at the right time to finally bring "awareness" of the "big picture" to all U.S. citizens!!! Unfortunately, as I conveyed previously, NRG Media and Alpha Media and iHeartMedia must share some of the blame for President Trump losing his re-election bid. Like it or not, and despite the entrenchment of systemic racism and systemic sexism, the racial demographics of the United States of America is changing, with the birth rate and populations of minorities increasing as is the blending of all racial and ethnic groups. Conversely, the White fertility rate continues to decrease as White people become richer, more affluent. Why have White people ignored the fact that change is coming, and there's a real need to do more than to just give lip service to inclusiveness and egalitarian principles?

It's a damn shame far too many White people, especially White men who own or controll all aspects of U.S. society, don't learn from their own history, or from world history. As White people carefully crafted the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution - to intentionally exclude people of color and women - the United States of America is "their" country. Consequently, "we" are not a nation of citizens who share the same agenda. Yes, I was born here, and by default I'm a citizen, but like millions and millions of people, I'm not empowered to do anything but live here. Oh, do you stupidly believe my vote, your vote counts?

If voting actually matters, why has the socio-economic status of Black people NEVER changed, except to watch the wealth gap between Black and White people perpetually increase?

How can voting ever have any real impact when White men have always unilaterally controlled all aspects of the voting process, which includes: who's eligible to vote; where people are eligible to vote; when people can vote; how people can vote, whether manually or electronically; what people can vote for; how often people can vote on any particular issue; who can contribute to a political campaign; how much money someone or some company or some organization can contribute; and yada, yada, yada?

The previous observations are not born of any personal apathy, disillusionment, or hopelessness, but from a simple reality of "Being Black" in the United States of America. It is what it is.

As a descendant of slaves of the R.J. Reynolds tobacco plantation, and throughout my entire life . . . this Black man has watched White people intentionally, blatantly treat poor White people like shit; commit genocide of Native Americans; and enslave and perpetually oppress Black people, and without our permission to use us as guinea pigs for medical experiments; and exploit, oppress, and illegally deport and/or incarcerate Latinos; and exploit, oppress, and illegally deport and/or incarcerate Asians. And some people have the nerve to call this nation a "republic" of democratic and egalitarian values. Bullshit.

The Civil War, Part II: White people hate White people
(People of color, stay out of their way!)

For over four years I've watch overtly liberal and traditional mainstream print and broadcast media (White people and their token Black "Uncle Tom's") constantly attack Donald Trump, broadcasting overtly skewed and highly unprofessional political debates, while treating President Trump's democratic opponents with kid gloves. I've watched on the sidelines, because like millions and millions of people, I'm not empowered to do anything but live here. Again, it is what it is. Throughout my life I've seen how White people treat Black people and other people of color like shit, but frankly, it's both refreshing and really sad to see White people treat one of their own like shit.

For nearly four-(4) years President Trump was and remains the constant butt of contemptuous jokes and ridicule by every White-male late night talk show host. Oh, they left President Obama alone, free from their sarcasm, for fear of being called a racist; but they constantly dumped on President Trump. It wasn't fair, it was rarely funny, and although for decades and decades I consistently watched Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, etc., I completely stopped watching all of these White guys - and I will NEVER go back. Like many people, I've become very comfortable with alternative programming from Netflix, Showtime, TCM, or even better, a book!

Stephen Colbert Comedian / Host The Late Show CBS-TV	Jimmy Kimmel Comedian / Host "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ABC-TV	Jimmy Fallon Comedian / Host The Tonight Show NBC-TV H
James Corden Comedian / Host Late Late Show CBS-TV H	Seth Meyers Comedian / Host Late Night with Seth Meyers NBC-TV	Bill Maher Comedian / Host Real Time with Bill Maher HBO

Trump was accused of being a racist, although there's never been any evidence of such.

Trump was accused of being a sexual deviant or predator (Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, etc.), although there's absolutely no evidence of such, but there's substantial evidence of Hillary Clinton functioning as a co-dependent to sanction her husband's womanizing with Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Juanita Broaddrick, Monica Lewinsky and others.

Trump was accused of being in league with Russia, although as published in the extremely exhaustive two-year investigative report compiled by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, there's absolutely no evidence of such.

RUSSIAN CONTACTS WITH THE CAMPAIGN (page 5, to download the report, click here) The social media campaign and the GRU hacking operations coincided with a series of contacts between Trump Campaign officials and individuals with ties to the Russian government. The Office investigated whether those contacts reflected or resulted in the Campaign conspiring or coordinating with Russia in its election-interference activities. Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.

Trump was accused by Democrats in the House of Representatives of soliciting Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, so the Democratic lead House of Representatives impeached him in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Conversely, the Senate, after refusing to hear witness testimony, acquitted him of both charges in February 2020.

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws which regulate an establishment of religion, or that would prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Although President Trump has NOT been found guilty of any crime, and like every U.S. citizen he has the legal right to convey his "opinions," nevertheless, in blatant defiance to the "rule of law," the federal, state, and local governments, and social justice warriors (SJW) in corporate America did the following:

With regard to President Trump:

>> Twitter.com permanently BANNED President Trump on Friday, January 8, 2021

>> Shapchat.com permanently BANNED President Trump on Thursday, January 14, 2021.

>> FaceBook.com and Instagram.com suspended President Trump's account from posting for at least the remainder of his term in office and perhaps "indefinitely."

>> YouTube.com suspended President Trump's channel for at least one week or longer.

>> Amazon.com's Web Services cut off the social media site "Parler" eliminate content it unilaterally perceived to glorify the Capitol riot and violated its terms of service.

>> Likewise, in response to the Capitol protest/riot, the Amazon-owned video service "Twitch" also disabled President Trump’s channel indefinitely on Thursday, January 14, 2021.

>> LiquidWeb, Shopify, and other social media platforms also took action to permanently ban or suspend President Trump and his supporters from their platforms.

>> "McCarthyism" has returned, President Trump has been "Blacklisted," and it's going to get much worse!

1959, Rod Serling talks to Mike Wallace censorship.

>> And now, without conducting any investigation, President Trump has been impeached by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives for . . . supposedly . . . "incitement of insurrection" that prompted the storming of the United States Capitol. Really? If you watched President Trump's speech of Wednesday, January 6, 2021, or read the transcript of his speech - he said absolutely nothing to "inspire" people into any acts of violence. In fact, here's exactly what he said:

Donald Trump: (18:16) We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country. Our country has been under siege for a long time, far longer than this four-year period. We’ve set it on a much straighter course, a much … I thought four more years. I thought it would be easy. We created- (To read the entire transcript, click here.)

With regard to YOU and ME and other citizens:

>> Your government used the COVID-19 pandemic to unilaterally close small businesses, and without first securing approval (vote!) from citizens, and most importantly, without first establishing a viable means to sustain the financial survival of "citizens."

>> Your government used the COVID-19 pandemic to unilaterally close churches and other places of religion.

>> Your government used the COVID-19 pandemic to unilaterally violate federal law that protects the privacy of individual health information, as established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

>> Your government used the COVID-19 pandemic to unilaterally define if, when, and where you can peaceably assemble - even in your own homes and/or places of business, and to unilaterally define how many individuals can assemble. (Psst! You really, really, really need to read "1984" by George Orwell; or at least see the movie; or watch this "live" theatre performance of "The Obsolete Man" from the original "The Twilight Zone."

Again, President Trump is not the problem. Get it?

The Problem:

#1: People, a great "diversity" of people, are sick and tired of the inconsistency, contradiction, hypocrisy, and the overt elitism of government officials and "crony-capitalism" of people of power and wealth. #2: White people, with very few exceptions, unilaterally define and limit the "character and scope" of "civil rights" for people of color; but when it comes to "protesting" their so-called "civil rights," White people can do whatever-the-hell they want without any or very little risk of incarceration, injury, or death.

The creation of the United States of America "is" the problem, because this county has NEVER been united, and it has NEVER treated people equally. It’s folly to revere, to hold in high esteem "founders" (White men) who, instead of actaully establishing freedom for all "people," they intentionally and systematically modeled their so-called "new" republic on business-as-usual race-based and sex-based governmental systems that openly championed the genocide of Native Americans; a nation that openly championed the enslavement and oppression of Black people; a nation that intentionally and openly championed the servitude and oppression of women, daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, and grandmothers.

Five people unfortunately and unnecessarily died as a result of the protests/rioting at the U.S. Congress. Think about it. Think about this: thousands of homeless people, which includes veterans, mentally ill, women and children, have died because the United States of America refuses to take care of its own; millions of Native Americans have died due to the theft of their lands, genocide, homelessness, limited access to health care (as yet again validated by the COVID-19 pandemic), and forced incarceration on Indian Reservations; millions of Black people have died due to slavery, "Jim Crow" racist acts of violence from White citizens (KKK, etc.), police violence and blatantly skewed "war on crime" specifically targeting Black people, and limited access to health care (as yet again validated by the COVID-19 pandemic). Nevertheless, "all lives matter," including the five people who unfortunately and unnecessarily died at the U.S. Congress.

And now, these "White people" are at it again, because one side (Democrats and progressively liberal, leftist-leaning, democratic socialists) got what they want verses the other side (Republicans and conservative-minded, less-government seeking, democratic capitalists) who did not. Frankly, I don't give a damn for either side, because the socio-economic status of Black people as validated by the income gap between Black and White people, has NEVER improved via either poliical party.

It's really, really a damn shame far too many White people, especially White men who own or controll all aspects of U.S. society, don't learn from their own history, or from world history. We've seen this movie so many times before, and we know exactly what comes next.

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So, get ready, the end of the republic is coming.

Am I wrong?

 

I welcome your feedback.

Trip Reynolds
trip.reynolds@yahoo.com

Reynolds' Rap January 15, 2021 © 2017-2021 Tripoetry. All Rights Reserved. First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.