I feel like I am in the middle of a Twilight Zone episode...

[kentuck]

Which is the alternate reality?

How do I stay in the light? I cannot trust "facts" that do not comport with reality.

I am surrounded by a cult of personality. His followers have been nurtured on hate and racism and xenophobia.

It is surreal and over-whelming. People stop talking. They walk silently by without speaking, for fear of some unforeseen consequence.

But, it is not a movie. It is real and undefined.

[pinboy3niner]

1. Well...

[kentuck]

2. yes, you...

[Dave Starsky]

9. That was a real good thing you done there!

This episode, more than any other, describes how I'm feeling now.

I don't know what the cornfield is like, but I hope it's warm.

[longship]

10. You're a bad man. You're a very bad man!

[Afromania]

3. This

is the real world, that whole post whatever was the dream. We've woken up and reality is just as awful as it was before we went to sleep.

[Golden Raisin]

4. Wait until January 20, 2017.

This is just the prelude.

[RKP5637]

5. Trump, the Great Divider! n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

6. More like one of the darker episodes of Black Mirror.

Something like "The Waldo Moment".

[rzemanfl]

7. It's a cookbook. n/t

[Kilgore]

8. Its a Cook Book!!!!!

[yuiyoshida]

11. Glad I live in an Asian Neighborhood in San Francisco

[pangaia]

16. Lovely sentiment. I wish I did.

[Kablooie]

19. You are also lucky to live in California.

It will probably the last bastion of liberalism in the country.

[yuiyoshida]

21. I am sure Oregon and

Washington state won't turn too Red.... and hey, we do have pot to mellow out with. You know i fully believe if someone were to make a Republican smoke some good weed, they might not be such an asshole.

[Hekate]

25. You know what they say: a Libertarian is just a Republican that smokes pot.

They'd still be *holes.

[yuiyoshida]

30. Well you just get them so stoned out of

Their minds, that when they finally come back to reality, they are seeing things differently!

[MFM008]

26. You are very right

yes he has some followers here in WA but they may not live to the next election being older than Ramses.

[rwsanders]

12. Being around republicans also feels like living out "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

If they discover you are not one of them they squeal and squawk.

[bdamomma]

24. Exactly

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

for sure. So it begins people don't vote this is what happens.

A higher power help us all.

[3catwoman3]

13. "But, it is not a movie. It is real and undefined."

Unfortunately, unlike a movie or television episode, it's going to last a hell of a lot longer than a couple of hours.

[elmac]

14. I swear

I feel like I'm living behind enemy lines. I'm working on moving next month, throwing away tons of stuff, don't want to donate anything to the fascists. Moved here in 1968, doesn't feel like home anymore, more like a gulag. Michigan is FUBAR.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. On election night I watched a movie on Netflix,

then went to bed.

When my radio went off early the next morning and the blokes on the BBC were talking about "President elect Trump" I honestly felt I'd somehow been dropped into an alternate Universe.

I still think that may be the case.

[kentuck]

17. One lesson I have learned in life...

No matter how bad things get, they can always get worse.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. Yep.

[H2O Man]

20. You are ......

we all are.

Stay tuned.

[spanone]

22. ....

[smirkymonkey]

23. I've been feeling that way since Nov 9th.

It's like a nightmare that I can't wake up from.

[cilla4progress]

27. Been terribly depressed and on the edge of tears all day.

My 88 year old mother-in-law is depressed, and she doesn't go there much. One tough old bird.

Never did "be careful what you wish for" have more meaning..for the puke's supporters.

All we can do now is watch the destruction. And protest and stay engaged, of course...

"I told you so," will be next.

Grateful to have this community of usually like-minded folks to commiserate with.

[marybourg]

28. I feel like we're living

in a re-make of Germany 1933. Instead of a little mustache, updated protagonist has big orange hair.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Had the same thought... cept I call it "Bizzarro World."

[Calculating]

31. This turn of events has definitely made me doubt my sanity at times

Ever since the election I feel like I've had a different outlook on life. Before I was hopeful when looking toward the future and believed mankind was still making progress towards a brighter tomorrow. Now I've grown much more pessimistic and believe we're entering a downturn on the graph of progress. Science denial has become socially acceptable, and even encouraged. People would rather vote for the charismatic demagogue than for the sane and qualified candidate. Hordes of ignorant people are being easily swayed into voting against their own economic self interests. I fear that 50% of our country has fallen to ignorance, hate, emotional thinking, and simple stupidity.