I don't know about any of you but my FB feed consists of people and opinions from every demographic in this country. For the past few days, I have been looking at posts from Americans who are being told to their face that they are no longer welcome in this country because of their ethnicity next to posts from Americans who are laughing at anyone who might feel negatively affected by this election. Friends who are bracing themselves and their families for the consequences of electing a candidate endorsed by the nation's largest police union, the NRA and the KKK along with a VP who believes shock therapy cures homosexuality, next to friends telling everyone to settle down and be quiet for worrying something bad might happen to their civil rights.
I am obviously unhappy with the results of this election. I believe Trump's campaign presented an unqualified, unethical, egomaniacal, emotionally-immature bigot who doesn't have enough respect for this country to believe it could manage to elect a legitimate president these last 2 terms. I desperately want to believe, as many of you already do, that he is not those things and that the ¾ of this country who did not vote for him and the majority of the world have it so wrong to think he may be dangerous. I desperately want to believe the KKK is wrong to be excited about him. My posts the past few days have been my own small attempt to understand the viewpoints of people who voted for Trump; good people who just simply don’t see the world the same way I do. I'm grateful to those who jumped in on both sides in the spirit of understanding each other. The Trump’s we see are so different, it’s almost surreal. I keep feeling as though I’m missing something because the evidence of MY Trump, in MY bubble is so clear and so outside of my own sensibilities that it’s hard to fathom that everyone can’t see what I see when I look at him. But of course they don’t. And of course they shouldn’t. Because this is America and if we all agreed then it wouldn’t be.
We all need to come together now, accept Trump as our next President and give him a chance to lead. I disagree that anyone should be protesting the results of this election, and my vagina is personally ok with the fact that Hillary won't be our next President. But I can't be quiet and neither should any of you who care about this country, because being quiet and polite is what has made us so divided in the first place and is the opposite of what this country needs right now or has ever needed. We are not going to bridge the GIANT gaps that divide us if we don’t do a better job of trying to understand each other instead of living in the comfort of our own bubbles. This election has reminded me that it’s not up to the government or the parties or the politicians to get the American people to understand each other better and make each other better, it is up to all of us. Everyday. Our government is us. One team, working together to form a more perfect union.
Moving forward, I want to invite anyone who is interested in doing that to use my FB page at any time to start a discussion or ask a question or seek an opposing viewpoint. I'm happy to be connected to many differing ones and to provide a space where they can come together in a civil and respectful way. I hope we can and we do.
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#peace