Monday, February 10, 2025

Addressing Prejudice Against American People

In 2003 I was hatefully verbally attacked by a man who did not like our president. He did this just because I was an American citizen. He didn't even know me. He seemed to think that ALL American citizens were responsible for what the American president had done to upset him. This is actually a form of prejudice that can be hurtful and can even get destructive in some situations. And I have recently seen milder versions of it happening in comments on the web; some people are blaming us for Trump's choice to joini Netanyahu's aim to finish getting rid of the Palestinian people and finish stealing Palestine from them...etc.
   
Those who are unhappy with the behaviors of our Presidents, and tend to blame all of us American people for them, should heed their own common sense and look at the facts, because usually far less than half of our adult population actually chooses the president. Below is a good example of the common statistics...

Only about one quarter of the American citizens, and less than one half of those who are registered voters, actually voted for President Trump... The USA Population is about 341,145,670. Only about 156,302,318 adults voted. And Trump got only about 77,284,118 of those votes - less than half. 
   And many of those voters had merely believed in and followed famous people like RFK jr. when he suddenly flipped into supporting Trump. Even Trump's most hard core supporters - the ones who were convinced that America would seize to exist if anyone else became president, are not responsible for what Trump does after gaining the presidency. In fact, many of them probably disagree with some of the things he does or the way he does them.

OVER ALL; NOT NEARLY EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN HAS VOTED FOR THE PERSON WHO BECOMES PRESIDENT. AND NONE OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEHAVIORS OR CHOICES OF THE PRESIDENTS. THE PRESIDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DOINGS. 

If you disagree with a President's behaviors, blame them and not the people or America as a whole. And if you are a President, please curb your bad behaviors, because we the people sometimes get blamed for what you do. Our safety matters too, and we do not have the security guards that you do.

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