For those of you who may not know what therapy dogs are, let me explain.
Therapy dogs provide affection and comfort to individuals in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities. They also help individuals with additional problems such as anxiety, depression, bipolar/mood disorders, panic attacks, and other emotional/psychological conditions.
The only therapy dogs that I am familiar with are ones that will set quail, ones that will chase a deer, or ones that will tree a squirrel. That is the best kind of therapy I know of, but apparently, the election of "The Donald" as the next president of the United States has caused an increased demand for therapy dogs.
I happen to be watching the riots on TV the other night, and a reporter ran across this young lady who appeared to be gasping for breath. She was hysterical, of course, and the words coming out of her mouth were less than acceptable for a family TV show.
I’ll cut the profanity, but her tirade went something like this. "Donald Trump (gasp, cry, sob) is not my president. This (waves her hands. sobs, wipes tears) will not stand. He will kill (sobs hysterically) all of us. Donald Trump (writhing in pain) must go. He is the devil (more crying, shouting, professed pain). Call an ambulance (expletives deleted)."
Apparently, this spoiled brat "snowflake" has bought into every doomsday lie the Democrat Party has offered. "The planet will be uninhabitable by the time those in high school reach the age of sixty-five." "Republicans are only for the rich." "The rich have stolen all of your money, so we must tax them to get the money back." "America was founded by slave owners who wanted to keep the poor - poor." " Republicans hate the middle class." Republicans are a bunch of rich people who want to take your money away from you." Republicans will end Medicaid, food stamps, Social Security, and welfare payments." "All Republicans are racists."
But this young spoiled brat is not the only person teetering on the edge of insanity.
The University of Michigan offered its students Play-Doh and coloring books to calm them down. The University of Kansas reminded its students that therapy dogs, a regular campus feature, were available. Cornell University, an Ivy League school, held a campus-wide "cry-in" with officials handing out tissues and hot chocolate.
At campuses from elite Yale to Connecticut to Iowa and beyond, professors canceled classes and exams – either because the students asked or because the professors were too distraught to teach. Remember that parents are paying for this nonsense.
Colleges and Universities have long been a hot bed of liberalism. Socialism and communism are taught routinely, and unfortunately, a large number of students buy into this propaganda. America needs to be aware of this problem, and young people headed for a college need to be advised of what they will encounter when they attend some of their classes.
For eight years, this country has drifted with no clear understanding of why things were happening as they were. The economy was in the tank, and we were told daily that it was improving. Our institutions came under vicious attack, and we were told that we had to build transgender restrooms. No one respected us abroad, and our leaders tried to literally give America away, not to the highest bidder, but for nothing.
Donald Trump may help stiffen up some backbones. The therapy dog business may disappear, and college professors will not need to pass out hot chocolate and tissues to the "snowflakes" who inhabit their university.
And one more thing. Maybe we will soon send a large group of "college ready" students to our colleges and universities rather than a bunch of spoiled brats who are too immature to succeed.
With Mr. Trump as president, you, the students of America, have a chance of getting a real job when you graduate. Congratulations!
