Rant #2,246: Too Much Talk

I am sure you heard about the explosive devices that are being sent to stern critics of the Trump Administration, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Maxine Waters, CNN and the latest, supposedly to Joe Biden.

These are the work of an extremely sick mind, and hopefully, the perpetrator will be found quickly and this nonsense will stop.

The bombs are crudely made, but they are made to not only explode, but to maul those handling them, as they reportedly have pieces of glass inside of them, shrapnel on top of a potential explosive to harm and maim.

How anybody could think that such mailings are the result of a noble act is appalling.

Yes, we still have Freedom of Speech in this country, but this certainly doesn't come under that umbrella; Freedom of Speech has nothing to do with potentially quelling the speech of anyone, even those who might not fall into line with your political line.

President Trump has come out and said this, and said that such endeavors do more to divide the country than unite it. He said he wants us to all get along, and he also said that his job as President is to protect all the people in the country, those that like him and those who are his opponents.

There is no place in our country for imbeciles to be sending around bombs in the mail.

But, of course, the rhetoric continues, as critics are stating that it is Trump himself who is to blame for this, because his attacks on his opponents has literally given ammunition to some deranged individuals to take it upon themselves to make everything "right" in their own eyes.

You just knew that was going to happen. Heck, when it rains, it is because of Trump; when there is a natural disaster, it is because of Trump; heck, when a loved one passes, it is because of Trump.

That is kind of simplifying things a bit, but the constant attacks on the President from the get go by his opponents is unprecedented in modern history, and the utter lack of respect by some people to the President and the job that he has is appalling, at best.

Sure, I have never liked the President's tweets, which I think brings him down to his opponents' level, but he makes them, and he acts as most human beings act when they are attacked, he replies to his attackers.

Perhaps he should just let those constant attacks just slide off of him, but you know what? He is perhaps the most human of our recent Presidents. He acts like most of us would when attacked like this, when criticized like this, when taken over the coals as he is on a daily basis.

He says what he feels he needs to say, and honestly, how many of us would also reply to these incessant attacks and not let them go unanswered?

The President has a tremendous amount of support by what I think you can call the current "silent majority," those who speak at the ballot box rather than with their mouths.

Remember what you were told as a kid: "Always watch the quiet ones," and that maxim continues to hold true today.

The ones that make the biggest splashes aren't the ones who have the majority opinion, they are just the loudest.

Whoever is making these bombs already has some type of abhorrent behavior in his or her veins, and he or she firmly believes that they are answering to those who are screaming the loudest.

This person should stop doing what they are doing. It is counterproductive, and is not helping anyone in any way, shape or form, including the President, who is taking a needless hit from this by people who say that his "behavior" has created its own petri dish for such behavior to grow.

You know, I really think that both sides of the coin should stop and think for a moment.

We are all Americans. We should cool down the rhetoric, period.

Enough is enough already.

Just shut up and revel in the fact that we live in the greatest country in the world.

Sure, it sounds almost polyannaish to say something like this, but it is true,

We all need to chill out a bit, take a couple of breaths of fresh air, and go about our own business.

Let's all get along. It is the only way to move ahead as a society.

Let's all get along.

What a concept!