There are people like Donald Trump.
People who find pleasure not simply in beating down their opponent, but urinating on them while they lie bleeding and then kicking them in the head.
People who’s entire world is built on their egos and have no understanding, or want to understand, a world where they are not the center of it.
People who’ve never EVER had a challenging moment in their lives, never wanted for anything, never had to worry about keeping their job or even competing with others to stay employed.
People who’ve been cruel to others since childhood and have never EVER been confronted about it, reprimanded, punished, or hurt to the point where they would consider stopping.
People who haven’t got a single charitable bone in their body, have no empathy for the misery of others, and feel that any sign of weakness, sickness or failure is a personal choice and something to revile.
People who have the depth of a sheet of paper, find no reason to question our lives here, and find no path to ponder our connection to everyone else on this planet.
People who see everything in terms of competition, winners and losers.
People who see others suffering as something to laugh at or insult.
People who wish death on others simply because they were not born on third base and haven’t figured out how to get there completely on their own.
People who don’t understand that a 10 million dollar “loan” from their father in 1972 is not the norm, and money like that alone can change an entire family’s fortunes.
People who treat their children and wives as objects, only deal with them within their work environments, and expect their home lives to center, once again, on them and their needs.
People who find no pleasure in simply watching the stars with their child or significant other.
People who can afford to hide behind cowardly behavior and convince themselves it’s tough and heroic because no one around them is strong enough to tell you otherwise.
People who can never EVER admit they are wrong because it’s not possible to see themselves as ever wrong.
People who have no moral backbone, who consider theft, bullying and broken promises as their God given right, and justifiable because it’s them doing it.
People who most of us, who are flawed but decent, caring people, cannot understand for the life of us.
We’ve seen people like this before.
We’ve seen them on the news after they’ve killed others and show no remorse.
We’ve seen them in actions of people like Leona Helmsley, Bernie Madoff, Osama Bin Laden, Charlie Sheen, Martin Shkreli, Kim Jung Ill and Un, Moamar Kadafi, and Bashar al-Assad, among others.
We’ve seen them beating their children, berating their wives, screaming at service people, and cheating anyone and everyone who crosses their paths.
These are the people we all need to vilify.
And to challenge.
And to push as hard as they push us.
And to never EVER back down to...because they will never learn, never back down, never repent or apologize, and never be anything but a toxic presence in our lives.
There is no getting to people like Donald Trump. They are exactly who they appear to be.
And for those who don’t recognize the evil in this, choose not to see it, approve of their actions, or justify their cruelty, you are equally responsible. His cruelty is your cruelty, whether you believe it or not.