I’m aware that I’m kind of late, almost at snail pace in
coming up with this piece. But All these days, I was trying to process the
events taking place and my initial impulsive reactions.
Friends in the US of A, sounded concerned when the night of
Nov 8th, and needless to say we all shared their concern as citizens
of one global village. Someone started an online petition, to convince the
electoral college to reverse the decision of US citizens.
I first reaction was “Wow! Is that even possible? Why don’t
we have that in India?” And yet, after much after thought I realized how much I
disagree. Well, to begin with, electoral college in this case holds the
position as that of a responsible parent. The parent who’s supposed to step in
and sort all the problems caused by their child, who happens to be the
collective majority of the United States. Much like our own Salman Khan’s
father, ever so willing to apologise for his son’s stupid statements and
actions.
Whether we like him or not, as much as we detest him
personally, we really need to realise and accept the fact that Trump is now the
president elect of USA. And as long as he hasn’t resorted to criminal and/or
illegal methods to win the polls, the electoral college should ideally not
reverse this decision. Good, bad or ugly, a mistake or the right decision, the
majority of US decided to elect him, and they must have a taste of what it
really is.
For all we know he might just prove to be a good president.
If not, there will be polls in four years’ time to fix this mistake. But
stepping in of electoral college, to salvage the situation would never help the
adults learn a valuable lesson.
As for the hypocrisy of this situation, the same people, who
were in support of Hillary Clinton for being a woman running for elections, are
now shaming Melania Trump for her career as a model. What has anyone got to do
with the fact that she was a bikini model? And if we do have to share facts
about her, then why not share the fact that she fluently speaks six languages?
Or are really living in times of #SelectiveTolerance?
The term democracy by its very meaning is that the people elect
their representative from time-to-time. Any attempt to twist that would cause a
state of anarchism, in addition to the assurance that people can make any error
or judgement whatsoever and Mommy would come to their rescue.
Think about it! Maybe it’s time to swallow that hypocrisy
and pride, and learn the lesson.
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