Michael Schur, the creator of the most politically optimistic sitcom of all-time, the beautiful tropical fish that is Parks and Recreation, is taking a “post-election Twitter break.” And just like Parks and Rec, he’s signing off with one hell of a finale (except real life didn’t end with a woman in the White House).
Posting as Ken Tremendous, an alias he used on the David Eckstein fansite Fire Joe Morgan, Schur explained over 28 tweets that he needs a social media breather not because his staff took away control of his account, but because “America, in its collective wisdom, has elected a vain, violent, ignorant, sexist bully as our President.” He continued, “Not everyone who voted for Trump is a racist, or a misogynist. But they did vote for a racist and a misogynist. They voted for a man who was happily, enthusiastically endorsed by the actual KKK. And who wouldn’t even denounce that endorsement. His voters saw him say he liked to grab women by the pussy, then watched as a dozen women accused him of assault, and they voted for him. They saw him present zero real ideas, change his mind constantly, and present no vision except to ‘Make America Great Again.’ They saw him invent his own reality, repeat lies as if they were truths, and utterly dispense with basic civility.”
Schur spread the blame for how the host of The Celebrity Apprentice — a man who’s been accused of allegedly “repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl” — came to be America’s next president, including the “for-profit news business, who happily covered his rallies and hired his henchmen as talking heads,” the media for equating “Clinton’s emails with Trump’s litany of absurd personal, professional, political, and ethical failings,” and the “Republicans and Democrats alike who treated him like a joke instead of flatly stating that he was a dangerous and unserious person.” Other highlights (?) include:
14. This was not a “working class revolt,” as was first reported. The data shows it clearly. This was a white revolt, and a male revolt.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
19. For eight years, my son’s entire life, I have been able to point to the President of the United States and say:
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
20. “Be like him: thoughtful, intelligent, steady, nuanced, kind, a good husband and father.”
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
21. For the next four years, I fear I will have to say: “Do *not* be like him: rude, vindictive, callous, self-obsessed, and aggressive.”
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
22. For six years, my daughter’s entire life, I have been telling her she can be anything she wants to be.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
23. For the next four (the next 50?), I will keep telling her that, until the cancer of misogyny is cut out of this country forever.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
Schur tried to end on a positive note…
24. America has always survived its (many) disastrous political decisions. This feels like the most disastrous. I believe we can survive it.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
…but that didn’t last long.
25. The problem is: this isn’t just a political decision. It’s a clarion call to forces of white nationalism, anti-semitism, and fascism.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
26. I thought the country had progressed enough to shout down a man whose campaign was fueled only by fear and hate. It has not.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2016
You can read the rest of Schur’s thoughts here.
In other news, here’s Ron Swanson being licked by a puppy.
