“If I don’t
watch, things will turn around… Isn’t that what ‘everyone’ is saying?”
Among the
stream of updates from The New York Times was the unbelievable. Donald Trump
has been elected president of the United States of America!!
“Oh My God!!
What have we done!!” was the first thing out of my mouth, then repeated over
and over and I hugged myself and tried to calm myself down. But I wasn’t calm.
I was afraid. I could not get back to sleep until exhaustion took over around
5AM.
I spent a
good part of the day in bed. Thank goodness for Klonopin or I might have become
apoplectic with despair!
I have never
been what some might call a “proud American”. I find America to be a capitalist
wonderland that arrogantly believes we’re the best and that our style of “Democracy”
will fill the void of any government that topples. I felt fortunate when
traveling in Europe that I didn’t “look American” so I did not have to take the
blame for their anger with Reagan or the Bushes. But never before in my life
have I ever felt truly ashamed to be an American.
Donald Trump
is a savvy entertainer, a shrewd campaigner and a misogynistic, xenophobic
Fascist. The fact that he is endorsed by the KKK and other “alt-right” groups
just proves the point. His placement of people from these groups into his White
House staff solidifies that truth. The United States of America has elected a
Fascist for President.
They say
that great emotional trauma gets encoded genetically and relayed to future
generations. Maybe that’s what causing me to feel this way. Plenty of members
of my family were wiped out in the Holocaust and as Jews we are taught to “Never
Forget”.
And so I
have decided to take action and initiate my exit plan. I call it Amexit!
I have “jokingly”
said for years that I wanted a Canadian husband but it wasn’t a joke. I really
do. I’d like to live somewhere where people down frown of National Healthcare.
I had signed up for Maple Match, a service started recently to match up
Americans and Canadians, a while back. My problem has been that they only
operate on an iOS system and I use Windows and an Android phone! I do not
intend to let this opportunity slip through my fingers so I am enlisting an on
iPhone 4 my sister has retired so I can actively start looking for my escape.
I also
intend to use my Jewish heritage to look into making Aliyah and moving to
Tel-Aviv. Israel? Now!!? At my age?? Well, I feel I’d rather sit out the next
four years in a beautiful seaside city with an open and welcoming LGBTQ
community then to sit around and watch a group of desperate old white men try
to hold on to their patriarchal privilege by tearing down everything that make
this country great: the right to live and be who you are, as you please; to
observe and practice whatever religion you chose; to love who you love and
still be able to enjoy the privilege of unquestionable marriage.
Don’t be
fooled by the media. They failed us this past election and they are failing us
now. This is not normal. These are not going to be safe time for anyone who
doesn’t goosestep to new Trump Reich.
We can wait
and see ‘what will happen’ once he’s in but I know that once they start the
round-ups I will feel better knowing that my Amexit plan is fully functioning
and operational.
After
Hurricane Sandy, posters and ads popped up all over the city advising people to
have a contingency plan in place for an emergency.
I would advise
the same now.
