This year's inauguration of the man who is now considered to be America's president means a lot of different things for a lot of the Americans living in this country. But, despite the ceremony and utter travesty surrounding that entire event, this man is not my president and never will be.
Let me make myself clear, I will never acknowledge Donald Trump as someone who should be in power over anyone. He is a tyrant in a thinly veiled disguise that has highlighted the disgusting and rampant bigotry that threatens the very fabric of my identity and the life I hope to carve out for myself some day. I did not vote for this man who will inevitably run this country in the same way that he runs his businesses, which is to say terribly and into the ground. As an American adult, I did not play into any part of Donald Trump's victory and therefore reject anyone who supports this mockery of American democracy.
I have spent years being spoon fed the narrative that America is the leader of the free world and is ultimately the largest pillar of democratic values. This is a violent falsehood that has been clearly shown by the leader our own system elected by ignoring the people. I refuse to entertain respectability politics any more. I will not be silent in order to "save face" or make sure that the racist, homophobic, and xenophobic fascist neo-nazis that support the new president feel less threatened.
So, if anyone is interested in knowing what democracy looks like, I implore you to open your eyes. It's those people screaming for their rights in the streets. It's those people taking to social media to denounce the events taking place. It's those people who are using any type of platform they have in order to speak out and show the absolute hatred towards the path our nation is taking. And it is even this piece of writing that you have just read.
"Mr. President," and I do say that with the utmost sarcasm and disrespect, I implore you to listen to the millions of constituents who are begging to be treated as human beings and are screaming for any type of rights and run this country with some type of sense for the next four years. And, do us all a favor, do NOT run again in 2020.
