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]Afromania
(2,791 posts)Their actions by voting for Trump have put me and MY family in danger. They did it by being gullible, misinformed, uninformed, or just plain ignorant of the situation. I assume you've talked to these people before the election and told these folks what Trump was really about. They took that information in and voted for Trump anyway. I, to protect my life and those of my friends, family and allies, can only take it that they agree with Trump on some level.
You have no right to insist that I, and, people like myself engage with those that have callously, or carelessly, sided with a man that made his agenda as clear as Norway at midnight during the summer. "I have a serious issue with liars and those who will slander and libel people in an attempt to intimidate others or to guilt and shame them" Your statement as applies sounds like you feel your friends and family are "entitled" to their vote. A vote that will allow the other hued peoples, LGBT community, non-Anglo-Christian religions, Union organized, Science oriented, agnostic, and the destitute be burned at the stake of Republican ideals.
I, unlike the Trump administration and the people who have enabled it, will be unable to build an effective registry based on skin color to identify those who wish to impugn on my ability to engage in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. How can I, or anybody else, believe you when they won't speak up and speak out against his bigoted overtones? All I see is you and a few others decrying my, and others anger at his voter block. Perhaps you, and those in your camp, could spend this time convincing these un-biased Trump voters to stand up for those of us you allege they aren't biased against.