I’m sorry.
On Friday, in the wake of news reports detailing Donald Trump’s comments regarding Haiti and undetermined African nations, I published a post that was meant to satirically comment on how far our national discourse has fallen. That post was in bad taste and although no one has reached out express displeasure, I want to proactively say that I apologize to anyone that was offended while reading my blog. I am fine with people being made uncomfortable by what I post here at times, but I think in this instance, I crossed a line into commentary I am uncomfortable leaving my name attached to.
Also proactively, I wish to apologize to anyone who may have not recognized my attempts at satire for what they were with regard to communities mentioned in my post. I love where I live, where I grew up and recognize that all communities have much to offer.
If anyone felt as they read my post that I had lost my mind and believes I deserve a good verbal or written smack down for what I said, or believes this apology is not enough, I will be happy to receive your comments with no argument or attempts at justification.
Finally, to those who were supportive of my post, I hope you do not believe I am trying to disparage you in any way. Two things have led to me removing the post and publishing this apology. One, I have been critical of Mr. Trump for years now regarding what I believe to be his devaluing of decency. I don’t apologize for the sentiment of what I posted on Friday, but I fear that the form in which I chose to make my argument actually causes me to be guilty of the very thing I have be so critical of, and in short, makes me a hypocrite. Don’t get me wrong. I recognize that as a person who advocates the teachings of a deity who commands us to be perfect, I am a hypocrite in hundreds if not thousands of ways already. I have very likely been a hypocrite on this blog previously. But I also believe that is a moniker I shouldn’t actively seek if I can avoid it and should try to remedy when I can.
Secondly, I had to ask myself if I would be comfortable defending my words to one of my children should they want to take a similar approach in speaking out regarding something they disagreed with. In the end, I felt I wouldn’t. Ultimately, this realization is what led to my removal of the post and this apology.
I don’t know what else to say, so I will finish as I began. From the bottom of my heart, I truly am sorry.
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Ryan,
Without having read your post that you’re apologizing for, it’s hard to provide objective commentary. However, I will say this. I don’t know for sure what President Trump said, and in what context is what said, as it was a closed door off the record meeting. I will say this however. The sentiment is accurate. We have become a nation that is afraid to offend anyone, to the point of not even enforcing our laws. Our immigration system is a shambles and a joke. The politicians that criticize the President for being un-American and not holding “our” values (see Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney) are those same politicians too spineless and beholden to interests to actually stand for the rule of law. Is President Trump perfect? Absolutely not. Is he doing a better job than his predecessor, based solely on the metrics of job creation, economy stimulation, and tax reform? The answer is a resounding yes.