I am sick of DEI and cancel culture and political correctness and progressive hectoring for not using someone's preferred pronoun, even when it is a plural pronoun when referring to a single individual. I am sick of seeing the Federal government trying to force schools to let boys who identify as girls play in girls' sports. I am okay that Trump placed all DEI officials on paid temporary leave. I am pleased that the Federal government will now only recognize two sexes.
I know of lot of what I don't like about contemporary culture is not a result of government action, but I contend that without government's thumb on the culture scale we wound never have gotten this crazy. Even before Trump's election we were seeing large corporations backtracking on some of their extreme DEI actions. We have also seen universities dial back their promotion of DEI policies. Maybe the culture would have moderated without the election of Trump. If so, it was not moderating fast enough, and Dems took every opportunity to prop up the madness.
I contend that it was the cultural war stuff that led to Trump's election primarily, not the price of a dozen eggs. Immigration was a major issue of course, but without the culture wars, I don't think Trump would have won. People were tired of having the PC stuff rammed down their throat and being denounced as knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing rednecks and bigots if they didn't fall in line.
I addition to supporting Trump's policies on DEI and related culture war issues, I also generally welcome Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, but with reservations. I am concerned that Trump may deport families who have successfully integrated into their communities and become good members of society. I also think there should be a path for legitimate asylum seekers to apply for asylum.
Concerns aside however, I welcome Trumps border initiatives. The Biden administration had already made some reasonable changes, and illegal immigration had slowed considerably under Biden. However, it appears to me that the Dems heart was not in it. They only cracked down when it became a severe electability lability. It was hard for me to believe they would not open the floodgates again as soon as the election was over should they have won. After all, Dems could have avoided this mess had Biden not reversed Trump policies when he came into office.
Trumps new policies will deter people from making the trek to the border, once word spreads that people are not getting in. That is a good thing. I support the clamp down. I support the sending to troops to the border, as long as they do not engage in law enforcement activity. When people have fraudulently claimed asylum status and been adjudicated as ineligible, and have a deportation order, they should be deported. Most importantly, criminals should be removed. I do not support the mass deportation of 15 million immigrants, but Trump's initial action on the border, I support.
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