I, along with a lot of the country, have been pretty upset since Tuesday's election results. I've been in the mood where I just want to yell, it's not fair! at the top of my lungs. I honestly don't understand how this happened. I do get the electoral college, and I get how it works, but I don't understand how this system can fail so miserably. Most of the country saw the error in Trump winning. That's proven by the fact that Hillary won the popular vote. But because we have a broken system, the people are forced to live with a candidate they didn't elect for the next 4 years.
And that's just wrong.
I can't begin to put into intelligent words just how unhappy the idea of a President Trump makes me. I'm extremely liberal and I admit that freely. But what scares me more than his Republican viewpoints is the hate - the hate he spouts on a daily basis.
The not accepting anyone who's remotely different. The ability to easily insult those with special needs, or those in minorities, then laugh off or even flatly deny the insults when asked about them. The need to repeal amendments and laws that provide equal rights for those who have fought for them for far too long. The desire to keep any and all non-Americans out of this country because they're all a threat to what America is. The belief that he's so powerful that nothing can stick to him so he's able to do whatever he wants.
Contrary to what people might think, there are reasons to be scared. And these are it. He and his supporters are not fostering an America of hope or compassion or kindness. With this win, I fear that even more of his supporters will take the opportunity to persecute and condemn those who don't share their same opinions. Based on what I've read over the last 2 days, it's already started. African-Americans have found their cars damaged or tagged. Mexican students - kids! - are being told their parents are going to be deported. Muslim Americans are being told to go back to their homelands. And that's only 48 hours in. What will the next 4 years bring?
I was naive enough to believe we lived in a country that was making progress. This is not progress. This is regression and it needs to be fixed. I still believe that there are good people in this world - people that are going to care for their fellow humans even more now because they realize kindness is needed more than ever. These are the people I care about and these are the people I'm going to surround myself with. And most importantly these are the people that are eventually going to move this country forward and fix it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment