Resisting Trump

In response to a recent admonishment regarding taking care not to mirror the hate one would otherwise stand against, allow me to suggest that speaking out and standing up against this regime is not an expression of hate; it is rather an expression of resistance to the vulgarity, crassness, hateful rhetoric, xenophobia, racial scapegoating, mean spirited 'othering', persistent distortion of the truth, inability to engage in honest self reflection, self aggrandizement, corporate appeasement, disregard for environmental, public educational  and worker's concerns, and the tendency to favor authoritarian rule inherent in the words and actions of this president and many of those chosen to advise, represent, and influence this administration. To dissent, resist, and exercise one's voice as a free American is to engage in an act of love of country by fulfilling the sacred obligation of responsible citizenship.