I mean, after all, many on the right and self-appointed non-partisans are quick to suggest the liberals are just sore losers. As if the election is just "Jets versus Sharks" (as posed by a popular local radio host), or "Eagles vs Cowboys", or "Yankees vs Dodgers", Etc. It ain't that. I wish it were.
If it were that, then we are in good shape. Majority rules and policy follows the majority. As long as checks balances stay intact.
But the truth is much darker than this. First of all, many vulnerable people are going to be hurt. And one of the reasons I am angry is that Trump has made no bones about the fact that he intends to hurt "them". Indeed, his primary message is that the best way to make America great again is to hurt "them". And the "them" is clearly articulated also: Undocumented workers, trans people, leftists, elistists, government workers, people on SNAP,etc.
Are we really this shitty?
Second, checks and balances are already under open attack. Pay attention: recess appointments.
Anyone who voted for him either is is not paying attention, or they believe that their lives will be made better by hurting the right people and they don't mind the destruction of checks and balances as long as they don't think it will hurt them. And that is why I am angry. Because I am now left to make choice. Did my friends vote this way because they are idiots or because they are monsters?
That is the question.
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