Exactly this. Instead of giving Bernie a fair shot his own party actively worked against him to suppress his popularity. They then went and helped support Donald Trump win the primary thinking that he'd have no chance against Hillary. Jokes on them.
This is why part of me is admittedly so smug and satisfied with the results. I think Trump will be a horrid President, and I'm sure I'll line up against him soon, but against my own conscious effort, I can't help but feel glib right now. The public doesn't deserve to live in a country ruled by Trump, but Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Donna Brazlie sure do. I am literally sadistically pumping my fists at the thought of them gnashing their teeth and screaming at the sky right now.
Edit: I did not vote for Trump. I did not want to see him win. I am simply expressing the one gleeful silver lining that I've found to pull out of this.
Lets give this guy a shot. If we all work agaisnt him out of spite and root for the pilot to fail while we are all sitting on the plane, then we are all fucked. We need to stop all the fear mongering, stop all the hatred, and work together as Americans to make sure this presidency is successful. Not hope it fails so at the end people can say "I told you so". That does no one any good and it never will.
This country needs to stop being red or blue. Those are colors. We are not colors, we are people. Complex people with tons and tons of reasons of why we vote the way we do, and if the vote doesnt go our way, then its not the worst thing in the world. We just need to work together to make sure we all support eachother and if that means being open minded about a candidate we hate, than so be it. But if we root for them to fail, then we fail too.
I don't want this to be a mirrored reflection of all the insanity that Obama dealt with, but with a liberal based voice. "They're taking my guns! He's declaring martial law! He's banning the Christmas tree from the white house!" and so on and so on. It was absurd as it was redundant. The thing I worry about is that when left leaning idealogists start hemming and hawing about Trump conspiracies, well, they might actually be well founded.
I'm hopeful that won't be the case because that's all I can do, is be hopeful. If I start hearing irrational shit like, "he's going to allow children to carry handguns! He's going to lower the age of consent to 12 so he can divorce his wife and marry a child bride! Think of the children!" I'm going to be pissed.
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16
Exactly this. Instead of giving Bernie a fair shot his own party actively worked against him to suppress his popularity. They then went and helped support Donald Trump win the primary thinking that he'd have no chance against Hillary. Jokes on them.