Somehow, living well outside the unadulterated selfishness of the US, I get just a bit more than a tad irritated by articles like this. It is not just Americans who have the burden of increased fuel prices - virtually the whole world is paying more for everything. Why? because one third of Americans voted for a man who openly stated he would be a dictator on day one, confessed to sexual assault (when you are famous you can grab them by the genitals), stole from his own charity, ran a fake university - the list goes on. All of this was, or should have been known, to any US voter who was paying just a modicum of attention.
That’s down to one third of Americans who seemingly thought that Trump with all of his well publicised faults was preferable to a black woman, Another third cared so much for their vaunted democracy which is held out to the world as an ideal model that they stayed home and twiddled their thumbs.
Now we all read articles like this that apparently posit that only the US is affected by the racist, misogynistic, stupidity of US voters.
I am, quite frankly, completely pissed off with American exceptionalism.
I beg to differ... This article points out the problems we here at home in the USA are facing, sure, but anyone who has the intelligence and desire to read this in the first place is fully aware of how much the rest of the world has been affected by the cancerous rot that occupies the presidency. American exceptionalism? C'mon man, really? You're venting at the wrong crowd. We all feel the same way you do, and are absolutely horrified, humiliated, and apoplectically angry over the damage that this "president" has wrought not only here, but to our allies and friends around the world. I have lost family and friends due to unbridgable ideological chasms that our felon-in-chief has helped expose. I have friends around the world that I check in on to see how they're faring. I've started buying products directly from vendors around the world for my little music business so that my money is going directly to them as opposed to certain companies here in the USA. All of us who voted for the "black woman" (proudly, I might add) cannot understand why so many people decided not to engage. They're just as complicit as the ones who voted for the abomination. Man, we get that the whole world is hurting because of the USA, and we're all very ashamed of it.
Writing about things at home is a natural way to point out how bad things are, and Ms. Hunt does so with eloquence and aplomb. Attacking her for doing so solves nothing. Many of her pieces have included the rest of the world, so I'd gently suggest that you aim your venom where it belongs and not at someone who's on the same side as you are. Readers often can identify better with an essay that focuses on home issues, and that's a worldwide truth. Those of us who voted for sanity do not expect pity from anyone in another country writing about their own domestic issues, nor do we expect them to care about our own struggles. As Americans, we're guilty by association, but understand that we're also deeply sorry for the unmitigated disaster that reelecting a convicted felon has brought. We're with you, friend. Don't let your anger blind you to that.
I don't think Ms Hurt or her mother have ever suggested that the suffering that Trump causes the United States is greater than the woes of the world attributable to him. But this column and writer in particular has a gift for tying the common sense homebound observations of domestic life to national and international issues being mishandled by the administration. She is, I submit, allowed her focus and her style.
Not every substack writer is bound to consider the global impact of Trump's corruption and stupidity every time. It is painfully obvious to anyone without a terminal case of Fox poisoning.
We KNOW he is harming the entire world, not just with fuel prices but the biggie - climate change. Our system is broken, it was born flawed and has gotten worse. We had a period where the "people" were making headway towards better. Our corporate masters couldn't have that, so here we are. I am angry EVERY day at the idiots who got us here with the help of a system built to support and further the wealthy. It is insane. I am looking forward to seeing what rises from the ashes, because the WHOLE world deserves something better than this USA.
Not much James. My view of the US and a seemingly large portion of its population has soured considerably over the last couple of years. You do realise that a large proportion of Americans couldn’t find Iran on a map let alone realise that the variously stated reasons for starting the war were totally spurious? They only gripe that their wallets are hurting. Where are the Vietnam style protests? Why does the bulk of the US population docilely accept it?
I have lived in the UK, two different countries in the Persian Gulf region, Australia and South East Asia and visited many others. I know that many people in these countries have been gravely affected by the actions of the US over the past couple of years. Where I live in South East Asia petroleum prices are over the equivalent of $US5.00 a gallon and many struggling small business owners are going under. My sister in the UK is reduced to walking to the local store because driving to the supermarket costs too much.
Yet commentators on Substack discuss the issue only from their own narrow viewpoint.
Loved this! ❤️ Thanks so much, Shanley!
One of the finest and funniest pieces of writing I've read in a very long time. Sadly.
Somehow, living well outside the unadulterated selfishness of the US, I get just a bit more than a tad irritated by articles like this. It is not just Americans who have the burden of increased fuel prices - virtually the whole world is paying more for everything. Why? because one third of Americans voted for a man who openly stated he would be a dictator on day one, confessed to sexual assault (when you are famous you can grab them by the genitals), stole from his own charity, ran a fake university - the list goes on. All of this was, or should have been known, to any US voter who was paying just a modicum of attention.
That’s down to one third of Americans who seemingly thought that Trump with all of his well publicised faults was preferable to a black woman, Another third cared so much for their vaunted democracy which is held out to the world as an ideal model that they stayed home and twiddled their thumbs.
Now we all read articles like this that apparently posit that only the US is affected by the racist, misogynistic, stupidity of US voters.
I am, quite frankly, completely pissed off with American exceptionalism.
I beg to differ... This article points out the problems we here at home in the USA are facing, sure, but anyone who has the intelligence and desire to read this in the first place is fully aware of how much the rest of the world has been affected by the cancerous rot that occupies the presidency. American exceptionalism? C'mon man, really? You're venting at the wrong crowd. We all feel the same way you do, and are absolutely horrified, humiliated, and apoplectically angry over the damage that this "president" has wrought not only here, but to our allies and friends around the world. I have lost family and friends due to unbridgable ideological chasms that our felon-in-chief has helped expose. I have friends around the world that I check in on to see how they're faring. I've started buying products directly from vendors around the world for my little music business so that my money is going directly to them as opposed to certain companies here in the USA. All of us who voted for the "black woman" (proudly, I might add) cannot understand why so many people decided not to engage. They're just as complicit as the ones who voted for the abomination. Man, we get that the whole world is hurting because of the USA, and we're all very ashamed of it.
Writing about things at home is a natural way to point out how bad things are, and Ms. Hunt does so with eloquence and aplomb. Attacking her for doing so solves nothing. Many of her pieces have included the rest of the world, so I'd gently suggest that you aim your venom where it belongs and not at someone who's on the same side as you are. Readers often can identify better with an essay that focuses on home issues, and that's a worldwide truth. Those of us who voted for sanity do not expect pity from anyone in another country writing about their own domestic issues, nor do we expect them to care about our own struggles. As Americans, we're guilty by association, but understand that we're also deeply sorry for the unmitigated disaster that reelecting a convicted felon has brought. We're with you, friend. Don't let your anger blind you to that.
You have a wonderful day.
I don't think Ms Hurt or her mother have ever suggested that the suffering that Trump causes the United States is greater than the woes of the world attributable to him. But this column and writer in particular has a gift for tying the common sense homebound observations of domestic life to national and international issues being mishandled by the administration. She is, I submit, allowed her focus and her style.
Not every substack writer is bound to consider the global impact of Trump's corruption and stupidity every time. It is painfully obvious to anyone without a terminal case of Fox poisoning.
We KNOW he is harming the entire world, not just with fuel prices but the biggie - climate change. Our system is broken, it was born flawed and has gotten worse. We had a period where the "people" were making headway towards better. Our corporate masters couldn't have that, so here we are. I am angry EVERY day at the idiots who got us here with the help of a system built to support and further the wealthy. It is insane. I am looking forward to seeing what rises from the ashes, because the WHOLE world deserves something better than this USA.
Venting on Substack makes things better?
Not much James. My view of the US and a seemingly large portion of its population has soured considerably over the last couple of years. You do realise that a large proportion of Americans couldn’t find Iran on a map let alone realise that the variously stated reasons for starting the war were totally spurious? They only gripe that their wallets are hurting. Where are the Vietnam style protests? Why does the bulk of the US population docilely accept it?
I have lived in the UK, two different countries in the Persian Gulf region, Australia and South East Asia and visited many others. I know that many people in these countries have been gravely affected by the actions of the US over the past couple of years. Where I live in South East Asia petroleum prices are over the equivalent of $US5.00 a gallon and many struggling small business owners are going under. My sister in the UK is reduced to walking to the local store because driving to the supermarket costs too much.
Yet commentators on Substack discuss the issue only from their own narrow viewpoint.