One of the underrated cultural impacts of Trump is a clear repudiation of safetyism.
Refusing to let a rain storm cancel his 250th address may not seem like a big deal. But you know Trump had to override a a swarm of panicked administrators to do it.
Trumps response to death is literally to fight, or quip that you “have to go sometime”. Maybe in your bed, many years from now, but not at the cost of the fight as Mel Gibson once said.
If George Washington walked through bullets we can stand in the rain.
If we want to reclaim our country we have to be able to handle the most modest expressions of courage.
It’s time to build, it’s time to live, even if it costs “just one life”. If we don’t we will wither to nothing from a lack of meaning. Trying to avoid all uncertainty will cost you everything you care about.
It’s time to dance in the rain again.