Post Election

What disturbs me most I think is what the other side thinks of Trump and by extension what they must think of people like me. But I don't think the problem is sexism or racism. That's a lazy way to dehumanize an opponent. The truth reaches much deeper than that. In the past eight years we've seen a lot. Too much to let slide:

We pulled out of a stable situation in Iraq and allowed Isis to rise, leading to hundreds if not thousands of horrible acts of murder and violence to happen everywhere, including here in the states.

We've seen a President take the side of violent criminals, sending a message to everyone that violence will be condoned. What did we get? Riots wholesale, bringing with them murder and a level of contempt and hatred for those sworn to protect us I could never have imagined.

We've seen a woman lie about the cause of an attack on one of our embassies while four men were brutally murdered and then callously ask, "What difference does it make?" as the media surrounded her and attempted to hide her ridiculous almost caricaturous attitude toward death.

We wanted no more.

We saw spending reach astronomic levels.

We saw our healthcare costs skyrocket despite numerous lies to the contrary.

Through all of this we watched a President golf, go on talk shows, cavort with celebrities, and treat the office of the Presidency like his own personal dictatorship, executing orders without process like no one in the history of this country.

There are apparently two different countries existing in America right now. We have two entirely sets of values. Some of us value "social justice". These values include fairness and equality, but with no regard to values that the rest of us feel are more important, like honesty, truth, or upholding the law. Those of us that feel this way wonder how can fairness and equality have any meaning if there is no honesty or truth or law.

I think what we like most about Donald Trump is his honesty. There is no compassion without honesty. There's no tolerance. There's no trust. There's nothing of any value in a person without honesty. But this is not what we have received from the Democratic Party for the past 8 years. We've been told nothing but lies. Even though I do not believe Donald Trump is a buffoon I'd rather have an honest buffoon than a compassionate liar

I could go on, but like some of you right now, I feel sick.

So, yeah, it must be racism. Or sexism. Whatever.