2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary's (hopefully landslide) victory on November 8th will be bittersweet. . .
Because the 2016 election has changed me irrevocably.
I've always been a Democrat, but the problem is that I can no longer tolerate Republicans. At all. If someone tells me they're Republican, I judge them, harshly and immediately. I automatically assume they're racist. Or xenophobic. Or misogynistic. Or just plain ignorant.
You see, I believe that politics is one of the many things that defines a person's character. We have choices to make and those choices reflect on us, morally, ethically and philosophically. Personally, I choose to not associate with neo-nazis and white supremacists. I also choose to not associate with rapists, child molesters and sexual predators. And I've decided I can no longer abide by Republicans.
I used to be able to converse and even socialize with Republicans, but I'm no longer able. I have nothing left for them but contempt. I consider them the enemies of progress. They have become so vile and repugnant to me that, as a result, my life has changed. My Friend List has gotten substantially shorter. My Family has gotten smaller. I won't even vacation in a red state anymore.
It's my loss, I guess. . .
Hopefully, a landslide victory will placate me, but I'm afraid that the stench of the 2016 election will be polluting our country for a long, long time to come.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Religion, rough sports (football/wrestling, especially wrestling: most of the big coaches are big time religious nuts), working class males, ruralism, traditionalism in general. These Tories are holding us back, they are killing us.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)How many feel as I do? If I Saw A GOPPER in trouble I would let them figure it out themselves. I really do not see them as fellow Americans. Too bad we can't get a divorce from the pricks. They are all maggots.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)find out the political party of people running for local elected positions like City Council, School Board etc. I voted only for Democrats for those local positions. Facebook changed my opinion about plenty of "friends" and also one or two relatives too. Will never feel the same about some of them or their level of intelligence. On the bright side, I have bonded with some Facebook friends from my high school days because we are Dems who love Hillary (and hate Trump!)
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I'll NEVER see those who stuck up for Trump the same way. Ever. Win or lose. It's over - I can't respect that kind of stupid/ignorance/hate/laziness/selfishness.