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June 14th Was a Shitty Day for America!
But WE THE PEOPLE let this happen!
June 14th was (and remains to be) a shitty day in America for a couple reasons. First of all, it was the day that Donald Trump was born. Yes, one of those unavoidable things that would set off a chain reaction, unlike many others in our national history, like the way a single sneeze in China sets off the flu and cold season each year.
In the ways that I sometimes imagine going back in time to kill Adolf Hitler before he became the leader of the right in 1920s Munich, so too I sometimes imagine going back and terrorizing 16-year-old Donnie Trump on his birthday with the hope of breaking him for eternity. It sounds harsh, but I chose 16 because I am sure that by then, many of the most despicable traits that make him what he is today were already well-formed. A child of eternal privilege, whose proclivities for making the lives of others miserable were already on display with his brother and cousins, something like a thorough ass-kicking when he was filling with piss and vinegar might have sent him down another path. But we will never know.
SIDEBAR: I got my ass handed to me when I was thoroughly whooped when I was 18. I was fighting, slipped on the ice, and the other guy ended up on top of me. He pounded my face bloody. It changed my outlook on fights forever after. I…
