Everyone had better pay close attention

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Photo is from Stan Greenberg's piece in the New York Times

I believe we have called #HeWhoShallNotBeNamed to us in order for us to pay attention to the intolerable which we have tolerated in our society.  Frequently we have paid attention because #HWSNBN is making the tolerably intolerable even more intolerable, as with the exacerbation of institutional -ized racism, unsustainable energy use and cruel immigra- tion policy.   

Sometimes, as with the recent criticisms against housing crisis in California or the poverty of Baltimore, or  on the campaign trail with trade policy, we are being directly called to face what even those who perceive themselves to be the most compassionate makers of public policy have tolerated or ignored.  

Again, I must apply the excellent question Stan Greenberg asked in The New York Times  (which I examined after last week's debate: Which Democrats in last night's debates understand this "transformational moment"?).  Greenberg's article should remind every person in this country, whether a candidate for higher office or simply a member of the Sovereign People, that if you think that all that needs to be done right now is to change back to the kind of leadership we had before is tragically mistaken.  

#HWSNBN got elected because people in this country are no longer willing to tolerate the way things have been: the growing gap being rich and poor, the homelessness, the financial insecurity.  He is continuing to fan those flames that elected him.  We cannot go back.  We have to go forward.  Those who have disproportionately benefited from the current system need to understand that a sea change is underway.