Yall are KILLING me right now. Even Trevor and man I love that guy- though I don't think The Daily Show feeds the divide as much as the rest.
We lost. We lost. Okay. I'm greiving too, I'm fearful too, but cripe on a cracker- this isn't helping. I had to unfollow several news outlets that I liked becuase you are not helping America. You're not.
We aren't at panic level yet- nothing yet has changed, you are inciting and feeding a panic. You are creating a reactionary response. This is the opposite of what we should be doing, we need to have our shit together right now!!!
When you react in fear and panic you are not thinking with the highest logic you are given. When you react with emotion you are not going to take the wisest and most rational action. We need to show we can respond with grace, respect, and dignity. PLEASE, take a note from our current President, our candidate, our First lady:
"...when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level.
No, our motto is, when they go low, we go high."- Michelle Obama
What was it Lincoln said: "The chords of our hearts need to be touched by the better angels of our nature..." The Electoral College is being petitioned against, it's one of the huge reasons votes in my state even matter. Without it, candidates need only sway about 5 states to their side and they're good. We're supposed to be the champions of the underdogs, and we're trying to make it so the small states don't matter? Simply because we're sore losers? No.
Protests- okay, I support the right to assemble and be heard. I wish people weren't being violent. It demeans the movement. I get the outrage and the anger and I'm also willing to admit that some of the fear I can't relate to. I'm not a POC, and I haven't experienced that kind of racism and hatred. However, I think that if we're going to claim to be the righteous side- we have to actually act righteous.
Here's what I can tell you- as a sexual assault victim, it deeply screws with me that a man who has described assualts that I've experience leads my country. I have had to eliminate things that even rehash that incident. I had a man- without my consent- hold me down and put his fingers in me. Is that raw enough for some?!?!? And now a man who thinks that's great- who's accused of rape- is going to be my president. So please don't think for a moment that there is outrage I don't feel, or fear I don't have. That I'm totally cushy here. No. I cried when he got elected- because at any other point, that would incinerate a mans career. In times of war or vicious acts of nature- my President made me feel safe. I don't have that with Trump, all I can associate that man with, is the man who assaulted me. To the conservatives who may say "But Trump didn't assault you- you need to get over it." No I don't. It happened to me, I get to decide what I do with that. When a man describes an assault you experience and thinks that's okay- you have every right not to be over it.
ALL of that- ALL of that said:
The liberal media I have seen post-election has only fueled the divides, it shows no efforts to create unity. It has shown only what other ways we need to be afraid. Look, we're already afriad and the people experiencing horrific racism and harrassment were certianly already freaking aware. You aren't helping, you are adding fuel to the fires that will rip our country to shreds and you'll make money the whole road.
As much as we may hate the GOP, we now HAVE to work with them. We now HAVE to find a way to unify or we will NEVER be able to protect the people and the rights we care so deeply about. If you can't find a way to deal with working with the people you don't like how are you living in the adult world? I'm being harsh because we are supposed to be the ones who can stand up to it. We're supposed to be the ones against hate, war, and policy that shows people don't matter. We're supposed to be the champions of good! That's historically who we are. I get that accomplishing that hasn't always been nice- but we can still STAND while we're holding hands.
Am I saying go hug the KKK, of course not. I'm saying that instead of adding incidary fuel to the fire, instead of proving them right with reasons to hate it, instead of falling to the panic, we rise to show that this is nothing. That we are that much better, that nothing can topple the ideals of equality, hope and peace. Obama built his first campaign on optimism and hope. He's pleaded with people not to fall to cynicsm and rage. We should be listening.
We are still required to take a stand and protect others when we encounter racism, inequality, and hate but you don't respond to hate with hate. We are ONE Nation, we are all in this damn ship together and if we don't get that soon we're all going to sink in it.
Be better.
If you want change- be it.
I am talking to myself as much as anyone else and you can totally call me on it if I'm screwing up- because I truely believe in this
. I'm pleading with you- find your common humanity.