Home Alone!

[S.A. Boggs]

IMHO I feel that "our" three are having a hard time with the new reality and should be shown compassion. Can you imagine the anguish that "they" are feeling knowing that there is no one who can help them in their hour[s] of emotional need. Just like the movie, "they" woke up realizing that Mommy and Daddy had left the house, no one to take care of them. That "mean" Uncle Donald has moved in one "caretaker" with another unloading the car to look after the house. No more staying up late, not doing homework, peeing the bed, raiding the fridge. Now they are required to work, early to bed and early to rise, taking a bath and putting on clean PJ's, eating wholesome food.
Yes, things have changed for "our" three because of "mean" Uncle Donald and the new rules. Just think, for at least the next ten or more years the new rules will have the force of law, no more whining and crying about "hurt" feelings. Now the board of education will be applied to the seat of learning as needed. Doors and windows are being closed and locked instead of being left open. Kids can't run to the front door to let anyone in, now people will be checked at the door and sent away when necessary. Yes, things are starting to be tough on "our" children, but "Think of the Children!" and now Uncle Donald is doing just that! Least one of the "children" think that Uncle Donald can't do it be reminded that the Supreme Court said, "Yes he can!" Let the whining begin.
Sam

[togor]

Sam I have to take issue with your premise. I'm not adding people to my ignore list, or imploring the brethren to "ignore the trolls". If heated political discourse on an obscure internet forum was going to get under my hide, I think we would have seen more signs of it by now. Yes it's true that out in the real world, I have a sense that Trump is a piss poor (pore? pour?) executive and it is only a matter of time before things go seriously FUBAR on his watch, but I can't sit around and wring my hands about it like some. There's too much sh*t that I need to take care of out there. Stuff I can't just delegate to some eager assistant.

I do give you credit for not going the snowflake route like others here. There is an attitude that is not uncommon in factory hands, that if I have an idea and someone shoots it down, it cuts deep, goes way personal. You see some of that here. I respect guys who can handle disagreement and am unafraid to sort those who can from those who can't. To me it's a sign of maturity. Unfortunately, some never reach it in life (left or right), and if anything it's getting less common these days, thanks to self-selection in media choices.