Why does Vance loathe Europeans so much? I honestly don’t understand it. Explanations?
Maybe it’s because Europe quietly lives the kind of life many Americans secretly dream of.
Picture this:
You wake up to the sound of church bells echoing through narrow, winding streets. The smell of fresh bread from the corner bakery drifts up to your window. You walk to work—or maybe bike—passing sunlit plazas where people are already gathering for morning coffee. The pace is gentle. The rhythm is human.
In Europe, life isn’t a race to the top; it’s a balance.
People work, yes—but they also live. With six or seven weeks of vacation a year, it’s normal to take long summer holidays, to spend time with family, to explore other countries, languages, and cultures. After work, cafés and pubs fill with laughter. Friends meet for wine, football, deep conversation—or just to sit in silence together, watching the world go by.
There’s no need for three jobs to survive. Healthcare is there when you need it. Higher education won’t bankrupt you. Public transport connects you to beautiful cities, peaceful countryside, and coastlines that look like they’re pulled from a postcard. Most people have a passport. Many speak more than one language. Travel is a way of life.
People walk more, eat well, breathe cleaner air. They live longer, with fewer chronic illnesses. Joy and connection are built into the structure of daily life—through long dinners, slow Sundays, and deep-rooted social ties.
Maybe Vance doesn’t hate Europe.
Maybe he just can’t understand a society where people come first—and where success is measured in quality of life, not in the number of hours you work or how loudly you shout about greatness.
Because when you really look at Europe, you don’t see a threat.
You see a mirror.
And maybe that’s what makes some people uncomfortable.
Not because Europeans are the problem—
But because the life they live reminds us of the one we could have, too.
Gender-affirming care has saved lives. That's a fact.
You don't have to agree with it. You don't need to believe it's right, but how about letting pediatricians, child psychologists, and parents help their own children make these decisions?
Please take a moment to listen to this 14 year old in Wisconsin (regarding Assembly Bill 104). Let the experts decide on an individual basis -- not me, not you and certainly not ignorant politicians.
BREAKING: A Texas Republican now wants to imprison transgender people for up to 2 years for daring to identify as the opposite sex than the one they were born as.
Texas HB 3817 is a disgusting attack on personal freedom that should make every decent person’s blood boil.
Transgender people would be criminals for filling out a job application or government form with the gender they identify as. Even if they merely tell an employer or government agency that they are "non-binary," they could be facting jail time.
This isn’t about ‘fraud’—it’s about control..
The truth is, if the grandparents and great-grandparents of all these MAGA Putin-lovers came back today, they'd slap the daylights out of them for partnering with the very fascism hundreds of thousands of them died protecting.
We are Americans.
We are the most powerful nation on the planet.
What defines us is not our power to dominate the weak.
What demonstrates our character is not our capacity to traumatize the afflicted.
What speaks our truth is not how we taunt, deride or belittle the embattled, broken or battered.
We are:
The country of the Marshall Plan
The nation of The Berlin Airlift
The nation whose leader said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
We are at our best when we are resolute against evil -- not when we kowtow to those who perpetrate it.
We tell our truth when we defend the weak -- not when we do it only if we get protection money.
We are America when our leaders call the dictators dictators and those who fight to defend democracy against tyranny what they are: heroes.
Donald Trump and JD Vance didn't show strength today -- they showed weakness.
They belittled a giant and showed just how small they are.
They have the most vaunted titles in the world: President and Vice President of The United States of America. But the title doesn't make the man. And today both men brought shame to their titles.
A weary warrior was before them. A beleaguered man who has lost thousands of his friends and comrades to the unjust and illegal aggression of an authoritarian leader.
They showed no grace; no magnanimity of spirit; no diplomatic acumen. They were small bullies with big titles and they disrespected the history and legacy of the nation they lead.
Today, Donald Trump acted more like Russia's Putin than America's President.