June is finally here and we weren’t washed away. I can’t remember a rainier May than 2017. Hopefully June will have warm, dry days with low humidity.
Supposedly, the fireflies are out. That’s always a happy sign of summer. I haven’t seen any yet but I haven’t been sitting outside on the deck in the rain.
School will soon be out for all the kids. Drive carefully. Kids and squirrels are on the move.
dailybeast.com: (Matt Lewis excerpt)
…[F]awning praise isn’t limited to the partisans in the White House or at Fox News. Over at National Review, Dennis Prager has authored a controversial column criticizing “Never-Trumpers” for not falling in line. He describes Trump as “our general” and theorizes that conservatives who oppose Trump “do not believe that America is engaged in a civil war, with the survival of America as we know it at stake.”
He concludes, “I beg them: Please report for duty.”
In fairness, there’s a lot of truth to Prager’s theory. Yes, a common denominator for Trump backers might be a belief in an apocalyptic future—lacking their Trumpian savior, of course. Likewise, Never Trumpers did not see a Trump loss as the end of America. But that is only one of the differences that separate the pro-Trump conservatives from the Never Trumpers.
Trump supporters, it seems to me, are more disposed to prize authoritarian traits like loyalty and hierarchy. For these Trump apologists, the analogies never end. He is our general. Sometimes he’s our daddy. Sometimes he’s our CEO. Whether it’s paternalistic, militaristic, or capitalistic, there are numerous ways to be subservient to him. Pick your favorite!
