Hardly Any Different from the Old.*
I guess it is naïve to believe that what is being seen now is something new. For those who remember the McCarthy era of the 50s, there is a sense of déjà vu in many of the measures being adopted by the current administration.
True to form, the Duck has reverted to historical events to perpetuate the hold he feels he deserves over the nation.
As if it weren’t enough to reinstate 19th-century laws to justify the expulsion of certain nations, and to invoke a highly contentious terrorism law to vindicate interference in the laws and rights of a sovereign nation (Brazil), it now seems that absolute censorship is to be exacted against domestic opposition groups that fail to please the “emperor.”
“Antifa,” like all groups that voice opposition to the heavy-handedness of the administration, must be given as much freedom to express their views as television hosts.
Oh, you mean the sudden rush to pull Jimmy Kimmel from the air because of his inconvenient mutterings live on air? Well, he’s back—probably in an attempt to stem the exodus of viewers dissatisfied with such an act.
Wielding power to force illegitimate acts has been the hallmark of the Duck through both terms in office, only tempered in his first term by a more balanced Supreme Court and Congress.
American governments and presidents alike have always influenced how certain outcomes might evolve, but very few have been so overt in trying to force these outcomes.
The Duck waddling ahead of the King, splashing through the diplomatic channels of European nations, building further waves of dissent among members of both the UN and NATO, looks and feels uncomfortable at the very least.
When will the new US learn that the past and its ignorance cannot be resuscitated, but must be left as lessons learned—while a better and newer US is built, not driven into the disastrous rubble now forming at the base of the Trump Towers?
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