We started FONGOOL! as a way of adding our voice and clear resistance to an administration that clearly only represents the interests of a few. To this class of autocrats, oligarchs, and plutocrats, we say,
FONGOOL! So what does
FONGOOL! mean?
FONGOOL! is a phonetic for a word derived from the Italian for Fuck you or Fuck it.
As most people already know, Fuck is a word that is immediately understood when used in any context. It is a word that immediately conveys meaning and emotion. In our context, FONGOOL conveys our disgust and resistance to everything Trump.
Now that Trump is president, I'm sure that many people, at least if they are sane, are concerned about the future of the country as well as their own. And, they should. The Trump ascendancy, while it appears abnormal, and many reporters tend to look at it as such, it is not. Right now it just happens to be Trump. A look at the years beginning with the Reagan election will show that our political system has been under constant attack by these conservative Neo-Fascists with help from weak and lame Democrats, ignorant voters, and a press that reports on gossip as opposed to real politics - albeit they, too, are seeing the danger in Trump.
Many people recoil when they hear words like Fascism, Nazis, and Hitler. Rightfully, they associate these words with the destruction that Fascism has brought. However, just because Trump and many conservatives have not advocated putting people in ovens, it does not make them any less Fascist or dangerous. What we hear and see from our Fascists is the same disrespect of non-whites and any other political perspectives that is not consonant with theirs. We hear about deportation forces. We see Trump making fun on the backs of the disabled. We see Trump talking about his right and penchant to Grab any woman by her pussy.
We hear about his identification with other despots like Putin and the North Korean schizophrenic. We hear about his contempt for European social democracy and alliances. We hear about making America great again
and the need to rearm with nuclear weapons and, as far as climate issues, he says, FUCK THAT hoax.
To this we say, FONGOOL!
Our blog does not use advertisers or ask for any funds to advance our perspective. We are not politically correct and we favor straight talk politics. We support progressive politics and a progressive agenda. We see present day Conservative ideology as a threat and danger to America. The Republican Party in its present iteration proves this point. Their agenda is anti-American, anti-fairness, anti-people. To this we say, FONGOOL!
We believe that we need a word that captures our resistance to Trump and his ilk. A word that unifies the varied progressive agenda. We think FONGOOL can serve as a rallying call. Our goal is for people to sign off their Facebook post, Tweets and other social media posts with FONGOOL! to show their resistance .
We hope to add our perspective to the growing resistance to the Trump presidency and agenda. We hope to promote progressive idea when they are consistent with an agenda favoring a restoration of American values. Those values favor inclusiveness, fairness, anti-misogyny, anti-racism, pro-people, pro-environment, social justice and economic equality. To those who favor ignorance and support Trump, we say, FONGOOL!