2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but instead of [View all]
getting over it, i feel worse and worse each day...
The sense of impending doom is becoming stronger and stronger...
It's not just that we have a mentally ill, evil person taking over the most powerful office in the world... yes, that's terrifying in itself,
But the most horrific aspect for me is that he showed from day one who he was, and people loved it. The more disgusting and deplorable he became, the more they wanted. Millions and millions of people. I've been a cynic most of my life...well, at least outwardly, but deep down stupidly hoping I was wrong. That people were mostly good, and I believed that love would trump hate, even though people I thought I knew for a while and seemed like nice people were showing hate and selfishness I was unaware was in them. When they were told it was crucial to vote for Hillary to protect minorities, LGBT, Muslims, Latinos the disabled, etc. they said they didn't care about that. The only important things to them were lower taxes and getting rid of Obamacare
Speaking of the disabled, I thought that video of him mocking the disabled would pulverize him. What decent person supports and votes for someone so disgusting as to act that way? I mean, seriously? Well, I know believe most people thought it was hilarious.
The following excerpt has been posted before, but I wanted to post it again, because it beautifully reflects how I feel:
Please understand that I am not mad at you because Clinton lost. I am totally unconcerned that you and I have different 'politics.' And I don't think less of you because you voted one way and I another.
"No, I think less of you because you watched an adult mock a disabled person while addressing a crowd and still supported him. I think less of you because you saw a candidate spout clear racism day after day and still backed him. I think less of you because you heard him advocate for war crimes and still thought he should be given the reins of government. I think less of you because you watched him equate a woman's worth to where she landed on a scale of 1 to 10 and still got on board. I think less of you because you stood by silently while he labeled Mexicans as criminals and Muslims as terrorists.
"It wasn't your politics I found repulsive. No, it was your willingness to support someone who spouts racism, sexism, and cruelty almost every time he opens his mouth. You sided with a bully when it should have mattered most, and that is something I will never be able to forget.
"So in response to your post-election expression of hope, no, you and I won't be 'coming together to move forward.' Obviously, the president-elect disgusts me; but it is the fact that he doesn't disgust you that will stick with me long after the election.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/letters/fl-letter-donald-trump-supporter-anger-20161130-story.html
So, I'm a bigger cynic than ever. And I'm bitter, bitter, BITTER. And from now on I shall remain that way. It will be my shield to protect myself, my shied to survive. I will never open up to feel this pain again. I just can't do it.
Not having Hillary as POTUS is such a huge loss for this nation and the world. And it hurts, it hurts so much.