11-13-2016, 12:21 AM
kindy64 Wrote:Hmmm, I don't remember riots, tears, emotional breakdowns, or any sort of similar reaction when Obama won either time... so...
I remember how the republicans did everything they could to prevent any of Obama's plans going through. I remember years of questioning whether or not he was actually an American and a lot of speculation that he was a terrorist. I remember talk of him being an antichrist, a socialist, under the influence of an anti white pastor.
Over the course of this campaign I also remember Trump saying that if Clinton won maybe the 2nd amendment people could do something about it. The unprecedented refusal to accept the results before we even had the election, if she were to win. The accusations of the election being rigged prior to the results coming in too.
Yes people are protesting, right now in NYC. People are upset. This country is so polarized, this election was divisive, people on both sides are scared of the politics of the people on the other side, and there's a reason that politics is not considered polite conversation - people are not at their best in moments like this.
But people have the freedom to protest and the freedom to speak out against the government. So dealing with how people react is part of living in this country. And once the dust settles, hopefully this country can have some conversations about where we are at, because it really can't keep going on like this.