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Easy. Just wind.
9 years ago
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To every American who's pissed-off at "those Liberals" for protesting against Donald Trump's victory over them...
To every American who's scared spitless of President Donald Trump and his scary, violent supporters, what they did to progressives like you during the election, especially at his rallies and what they might do now that they've won, all the conciliatory words spat upon, the black dolls hung in effigy, the rainbow flags used a toilet paper...
And especially to non-Americans in other countries, out of range of both sides...
...I recommend to you the words of Yul Brynner from The Magnificent Seven. "Easy. Just Wind. We'll get there."
It's been a long year and y'all are pretty tense. Nobody expected this result and a [] lot of people are in shock, even if it's the result they were hoping for, (and especially if it wasn't.) Just relax. Give each other space to let off some steam. (Better make it a bunch of space!) The real consequences aren't likely to be felt until the Electoral College meets in December, maybe not until the inauguration on January 20th. Try keeping your mouths shut as much as possible 'til Thanksgiving and don't make this windy patch even worse if you can help it. And that goes for both sides! Let's see if we can still be friends by Christmas. Okay?
...BTW, feel free to link this to anybody who you think is getting out of hand.
UPDATE --
Somebody asked, so I thought I'd post this explanation of just what I mean by this. Here's my reply...
Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen had just arrived in town. (Or was it Horst Buchholz? It's been a while since I saw the whole movie. Anyway,) There was a problem in town; a character who never got screen time, "Old Joe" was dead. There were some in town who didn't want to see him buried even on Boot Hill because he was an injun. They greeted the funerary coach with weapons drawn, so the undertaker's driver wouldn't do the job. Brynner offered to drive the coach; McQueen borrowed a scattergun and rode with him.
As they drove up the hill towards the cemetery, somebody cast an epithet at them from a window. McQueen turned towards the voice with his scattergun, but Brynner held him back. "Easy," Brynner said, "just wind. We'll get there."
(To which McQueen replied, "It ain't gettin' there I'm worried about.")
What Brynner's character meant was, don't waste concern over someone who's only yellin'. If that's all they're doing, they're not a problem. Save your ammo for those willing to draw on you. How that applies here is, a [] lot of people are upset over the results of your election; nearly half the country voted against Trump, maybe more, if the latest figures are right, (although the "latest figures" seem to vary by news source.) There's going to be some yelling. As long as it's only yelling, that's not a problem. It seems to me that you'd be best to minimize the problem by first of all not yelling in each others' faces and second just letting each other yell.
As for foreigners like me, well, America is a major trading partner with just about everybody and a signatory to several treaties with plenty of us, not to mention you having quite a few nuclear weapons and one of the biggest armies, navies and air forces in the world. What Trump's America does with all that is our concern and I guess we have a right to voice it. Even so, we need to be polite about it, not just because of possible consequences, but because manners are a good thing. We all need to keep in mind that you're badly split on this election and we shouldn't blame all of you for the actions of some, (whichever side we think blame-worthy.) For now, foreign opinion probably isn't helping your situation, so this might not be the best time to be asking hard questions.especially not of Trump
Anyway, that's what I meant.
...incidentally, I was refering to the original 1960 version of "The Magnificent Seven." I haven't seen the 2016 remake with Denzel Washington.
13NO2016
To every American who's scared spitless of President Donald Trump and his scary, violent supporters, what they did to progressives like you during the election, especially at his rallies and what they might do now that they've won, all the conciliatory words spat upon, the black dolls hung in effigy, the rainbow flags used a toilet paper...
And especially to non-Americans in other countries, out of range of both sides...
...I recommend to you the words of Yul Brynner from The Magnificent Seven. "Easy. Just Wind. We'll get there."
It's been a long year and y'all are pretty tense. Nobody expected this result and a [] lot of people are in shock, even if it's the result they were hoping for, (and especially if it wasn't.) Just relax. Give each other space to let off some steam. (Better make it a bunch of space!) The real consequences aren't likely to be felt until the Electoral College meets in December, maybe not until the inauguration on January 20th. Try keeping your mouths shut as much as possible 'til Thanksgiving and don't make this windy patch even worse if you can help it. And that goes for both sides! Let's see if we can still be friends by Christmas. Okay?
...BTW, feel free to link this to anybody who you think is getting out of hand.
UPDATE --
Somebody asked, so I thought I'd post this explanation of just what I mean by this. Here's my reply...
Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen had just arrived in town. (Or was it Horst Buchholz? It's been a while since I saw the whole movie. Anyway,) There was a problem in town; a character who never got screen time, "Old Joe" was dead. There were some in town who didn't want to see him buried even on Boot Hill because he was an injun. They greeted the funerary coach with weapons drawn, so the undertaker's driver wouldn't do the job. Brynner offered to drive the coach; McQueen borrowed a scattergun and rode with him.
As they drove up the hill towards the cemetery, somebody cast an epithet at them from a window. McQueen turned towards the voice with his scattergun, but Brynner held him back. "Easy," Brynner said, "just wind. We'll get there."
(To which McQueen replied, "It ain't gettin' there I'm worried about.")
What Brynner's character meant was, don't waste concern over someone who's only yellin'. If that's all they're doing, they're not a problem. Save your ammo for those willing to draw on you. How that applies here is, a [] lot of people are upset over the results of your election; nearly half the country voted against Trump, maybe more, if the latest figures are right, (although the "latest figures" seem to vary by news source.) There's going to be some yelling. As long as it's only yelling, that's not a problem. It seems to me that you'd be best to minimize the problem by first of all not yelling in each others' faces and second just letting each other yell.
As for foreigners like me, well, America is a major trading partner with just about everybody and a signatory to several treaties with plenty of us, not to mention you having quite a few nuclear weapons and one of the biggest armies, navies and air forces in the world. What Trump's America does with all that is our concern and I guess we have a right to voice it. Even so, we need to be polite about it, not just because of possible consequences, but because manners are a good thing. We all need to keep in mind that you're badly split on this election and we shouldn't blame all of you for the actions of some, (whichever side we think blame-worthy.) For now, foreign opinion probably isn't helping your situation, so this might not be the best time to be asking hard questions.
Anyway, that's what I meant.
...incidentally, I was refering to the original 1960 version of "The Magnificent Seven." I haven't seen the 2016 remake with Denzel Washington.
13NO2016
Bodker
~bodker
if everyone does what they say, there's gonna be a lot of americans moving near you.
dotter
~dotter
OP
"Near" is a relative word; Canada is a pretty big place. I think we're still taking Sirians though, so a few Americans should fit in, too.
