William H. Kelly III
Editor-in-Chief
I would like to congratulate Trump, or President Trump for those that it may apply to, for unintentionally enlightening a generation and generations to come. Through the upmost highest level of ignorance, this man that we must now refer to as president has already begun destroying the lives of American citizens.
As a generation, I feel as though we lacked interest and purpose to educate ourselves politically. Honestly, with the comfort and security of President Obama in office, there is a possibility that we never felt the need to be concerned with politics simply because we were confident in Obama’s leadership.
We as a nation were in denial about the Obama’s leaving the White House and we most definitely refused to take this past election season seriously (issa joke) until it was too late. Now that Trump is in office, wreaking havoc across the country just as he promised he would, we are panicking and protesting.
It has ONLY been 12 days since Trump’s Presidential Inauguration and I have never been so appalled, disgusted, and confused. As I scrambled across campus these past two weeks, I would occasionally cross paths with a television headline that either involved Trump signing that or preparing to initiate this.
It is so mind boggling how one person and his legion of minions can genuinely believe that banning an entire culture and race is acceptable. Perhaps those of us who are not Trump supporters are the ones who are actually insane, that is the only possible explanation and logic behind this.
To restrict the access and movement of a people who travel to the United States for freedom and opportunity is an absolutely selfish and discriminatory action. To completely ignore the Statue of Liberty and her purpose says enough about our current president’s character and mindset.
I am not sure how this will affect us as a country, but I feel as though it will have a negative impact on families. I believe it is acceptable to say that Trump and his minions can now be referred to as Voldemort and the death eaters.
I thank him for his ignorance and his influence on this nation.
He has forced a generation to educate themselves on politics by enforcing executive orders that we are against. At this point we can no longer take these statements and tweets lightly. Everything that he says can and will possibly be enforced and whether we want to admit it or not, we will be affected by his decisions.
Well written piece. However, I think folks are missing the elephant in the room. We are conditioned to think a certain way based off past and current injustices. The media ramps up this fear on a 24 hour basis. Also, it goes without saying that Mississippi is not exactly a beacon of “progressive” thoughts and actions. Therefore, if you align yourself with so called news organizations that appear to be sympathetic to the plight of minorities, then you have already lost the battle. As journalists, I challenge you all to objectively investigate the facts with multiple sources. It sucks but you have to look at all sides before being able to make an informed decisions. Believe it or not, but the super wealthy (Folks who control the flow of information) don’t like Trump. If they don’t like him, then I think we all can give him a chance.