TALKING TRASH

Talking trash* can cause a lethal reaction. This is why most politicians do not talk trash.

When a political leader talks trash, that trash talk will be repeated among his supporters. The repeated trash talk, when said by the drunk, in a bar, can be so demeaning that a mentally unstable listener uses the outrageous, disparaging remarks to excuse an act of violence. "I am protecting MY people," the lost soul tells himself.**

We are used to drug dealing gangs using trash talk as an excuse to shoot the nearest opponent.

We are not used to young, mentally ill immigrants using a politician's trash talk to excuse stabbings and bombings.

Luckily, it is more difficult to be an effective terrorist than it may seem when the planning is happening. Young men brought up in a loving family may not be able to actually stab anyone to death.

Young men who have to act entirely alone may not be able to make and place a lethal bomb. This time, out of eight bombs, no one was seriously injured.

It is not a good idea to count on luck.

It is no longer funny that we have a politician who represents a major political party who is talking trash against immigrants.

Is your Republican tribal loyalty more important than the security, both foreign and domestic, of the United States of America?

Vote for Hillary Clinton. She will listen carefully to the experts before making decisions that will keep us all safer. LISTEN TO OUR SECURITY EXPERTS who increasingly agree with me.

* Urban slang meaning disparaging, taunting, or boastful comments especially between opponents trying to intimidate each other.

** Usually a man, but sometimes a woman.