Vibrant acts of violence for a cause
made up of mostly psychological reasons sets up 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing
Missouri as a modern parity of American government. Trump’s reckless actions
like those acted flawlessly by Frances McDormand and Samuel Rockwell sit
unrealistically unaccountable. Hollywood’s obsession with character driven
narratives revealing relations once again more important than the themes in the
end serves to suggest even violent actions in themselves don’t mean as much as
the journey, the psyches involved relying on heroes or elitists to save the day
and in the end repent while their actions prove valiant enough to deserve
respect, or even our acknowledgement of an alternate reality as was seen as
well in Oscar front runner the Shape of Water. The new sheriff in 3 billboards,
saying the rapist isn’t our problem anymore, is a perfect metaphor for our time
much like the number 3 at the D.O.J., stepping down to work at Walmart like what
America and great movies come to aspire to? Magical classic solutions that
solve nothing and fail to bring forth structural change. The consequences of
actions and words no longer meriting justice? Do we stand off the docks of
Dunkirk for the French or do we take our last stance as a symbolic gesture void
of practicality? Director, Martin McDonagh, denies us any result, while Del
Toro gives up for an impossible one. Let the acting tell the story.
With enough
public evidence to impeach trump thrown on the floor like a suicidal joke, our
rule of laws at the whim of political agendas and the money it stokes, cruel
humor without consequence, sacrifices realism and theme for selfish effects; mostly
stalling and showcasing great character performances. Movies like Dunkirk, by
far a superior film and Mad Max, a film whose action and acting meant more than
dotting the eyes of matching personalities, substance lies in righting wrongs
through concrete steps. In Dunkirk the heroes were based in logical parameters,
not angst filled dread or whimsical experience. Thomas Paine’s greatest value
as a writer was in many ways what’s lacking in films like theses and our
government; the accountability of reasoning toward justice changing laws,
beyond pathetic displays of distortion that obfuscate reality in favor of desperate
acts and shock value.
A Thomas Paineian revolution has begun in Parkland
Florida, when reason targeting legislation meets “sit ins” at capitols we have
the beginning of structural changes for the rule of law and democracy. The
elitist structure that came from the American Revolution used white supremacy
as a stain and now comes the time to redefine normalcy and even the definition
of obscene because all who love democracy should be offended by the lawlessness
in government both in its shill complicities and neglect. Where is the minority
report pointing out the list of times legislation and policy changes we all
want were ignored or banned from voting on?
During the women’s march anniversary all the enormous rallies
across the nation were beautiful and inspiring not to mention some of the
vulgar signs but they were almost all at the wrong place and failing to focus
on any legislation.
Evidence is pointing toward the opinion President
Trump and members of his administration have colluded with Russians who at the
time were tampering with our election. The obvious obstruction of justice and
open corruption aside, the shocking complicity among Republicans who do not
faithfully investigate and try to solve the problem of Russian led cyber
tampering should be and must be given our full attention.
If the special counsel’s head Robert Mueller is
removed a Democratic minority report must be immediately filed and congress
should do whatever possible to impeach the president. All other issues, even
the government shutdown due to the DACA flip flop pales in comparison as a distraction,
one among our president’s daily similar attempts to divert us. Dare I say even
issues like infidelity with the possibility of blackmail and similar sex crimes
likewise serve as a diversion from an issue whose nature redefines our rule of
law changing our classification but not our identity? The absurdity of this
reality has wrung our media into a fatigued haze. To not be redundant in its
approach, hammering out the details of the mounting evidence, is silent
complicity. When Mueller’s report is
finalized and presented to congress; Americans at the very least should demand
a vote on impeachment.
No one will ever change what America is about. It was
created by Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklyn and other founding fathers we
celebrate on Presidents ’ Day to be a place of law ruled by freedom and
justice.
In the Paine vision of America there are no lobbyists,
no unjust wars, and no lawless corruption destroying our environments. This
nation was created to continuously strive to improve the human condition based
on the reasonable needs of the people. All the other countries at the time
sought to determine how political elites decided rights. Regulations to protect
people from greed are essential to stop the continued laziness of wasteful
governing. The electoral process should be free online, every government
facility catering to petitioned candidates live and on TV.
The worst impact of Donald Trump is the effect on his
supporters, as his mindless simpleton rhetoric eats away at their souls pushing
them to forget our true values; to honor each person with a chance to work as
well as live free from corruption and neglect.
May the revolution also never forget how our markets
and commerce are a distortion of proper capitalism that welcomes refugees and
immigrants into a beacon of diversity! A nation that fights for the rights of
all is indivisible yet also currently an invisible one; far from what Trump
supporters believe is the vision of the cons regurgitated in alternate
realities. What Trump and his like seek is not America, a hogwash of elites having
their way in all manner of exploitations, manipulations, and siphoning of
wealth.
