2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you have loved ones who voted for Trump who you KNOW are NOT racists/sexists/bigots? [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,903 posts)are indeed bigots and/or sexists. They don't think they are, but they've made comments to me that indicate they most certainly hold those beliefs even if they don't acknowledge them. It's kind of creepy actually.
In my case, I'm simply flabbergasted seemingly decent people didn't bother to do due diligence and voted anyway. That's just not acceptable in a representative democracy. I may seem hard-lined about that, but look what willful ignorance and lack of critical thinking skills handed us. People who don't have the inclination to wade through obvious bullshit are just as dangerous as the bigots and the sexists.
I don't care how nice they are, they fucked up big time and we all will suffer the consequences. I'm not going to call them names, but I am damn well holding them culpable. They exercised a choice, they own it. Shame on them whether they are bigoted, stupid, oblivious, sexist, apathetic, or whatever.