[Dialogue] The Transestablishment Stance

[Carleton Stock]

I have been thinking a lot about this lately, especially with The Donald in the White House and Congress in dysfunctional mode.  We know how to be the establishment dimension by supporting the status quo and we know how to be the disestablishment dimension by being critical of the establishment.  Those of us on the Left do a lot of shouting at screens these days.....anger and frustration with the way things are going in the government.  Personally, I have been more engaged in politics since November 2016 than I ever was, sometimes jumping into the mud pit to take on the other side.  But what about the third dimension, the trans-establishment, that we talked so much about in the Institute over the past 50 or 60 years?!  That was the correct stance we said.  But what does it mean to be trans-establishment in the Trump Era when things we love and care about are being dismantled?  I didn't worry too much during the Reagan or Bush years though they were conservative Republicans.  We knew this too would pass, hopefully after the next election.  But during the Trump years I worry about lots of things, not the least of which is the survival of democracy, the survival of life on the planet, White Supremacists in power, human rights for minorities and people of color, women, unconventional life-styles, etc.  The list goes on and on but you get my point. Is the trans-establishment stance still viable in these times and if so, what's it mean to live it out as a Movement Network and in individual families and in faith communities and other groups? Any wisdom on this matter would be much appreciated.Carleton StockSt. Louis, MO
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