The Recent Turn-Around in Mid-American Political Thinking

Millions of Trump supporters were attending “America First” rallies just a few short months ago, pledging their indifference to the well-being of those living outside the United States.  But how do these tragedies facing the people of Ukraine, e.g., the bombing of maternity hospitals and apartment buildings, affect their thinking?

The answer is that many of these people quickly realized that they had been talked out of their basic goodness.  It didn’t take more than a couple of days of Russian bombardment of maternity hospitals and apartment buildings before virtually all of these kind and decent Americans figured out that  being “woke” actually means being compassionate, and immediately began to beg our leaders, “Why can’t we be doing more?”

Good people cry tears of pain for others, and tears of gladness for peace and justice.