I have found that the vast majority of "He's your president now, so suck it up, buttercup!" people are the very same people who were screaming, ranting, and raving for the last 8 years that Obama was NOT their president.
Those comments are awful and I am so sorry you received so many of them. It's abhorrent the amount of hate being spewed these days.
Were you at the DC march? From all I heard, that one was the biggest and the least fraught with negative comments.
Still, there are social issues we have yet to even acknowledge, let alone attempt to resolve, which is where a lot of the problem begins. A lot of us have felt betrayed by our own country for a long time... and a lot of us have felt hated by our own fellow citizens for a long time, and not even for our opinions.
All we can do is stand up for what we believe is right, and to help others do the same. That's where the "safety in numbers" element comes. If we can help each other with our problems, we can fix them all...
I was told that I did not have "the right to body autonomy, but at the same time, that I had more rights than men.
Yes, I've seen that convoluted thinking before, too.
I'm so sorry you went through that, and I don't understand that behavior any more than you do. So many of those are likely the same people who insisted that Obama was not their president simply because he was black. But NOT because he was out to remove their rights, make a mockery of the purpose of Cabinet positions, or to spread disinformation on a level not seen outside of China or Soviet Russia.
Every single post I received that was hateful came from someone who (theoretically) threw a right hand into the air, a`la Hitler.
These were the same people who screamed, "Whore!" when Michelle wore a sleeveless dress....but called Melania "classy".
The same people who swore Obama was coming (any minute now) for their guns, but told me that I was an idiot if I thought Trump would take away ANY of the freedoms we've come to.
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Those comments are awful and I am so sorry you received so many of them. It's abhorrent the amount of hate being spewed these days.
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Still, there are social issues we have yet to even acknowledge, let alone attempt to resolve, which is where a lot of the problem begins. A lot of us have felt betrayed by our own country for a long time... and a lot of us have felt hated by our own fellow citizens for a long time, and not even for our opinions.
All we can do is stand up for what we believe is right, and to help others do the same. That's where the "safety in numbers" element comes. If we can help each other with our problems, we can fix them all...
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A city and county so Red you'd think it was arterial.
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Yes, I've seen that convoluted thinking before, too.
I'm so sorry you went through that, and I don't understand that behavior any more than you do. So many of those are likely the same people who insisted that Obama was not their president simply because he was black. But NOT because he was out to remove their rights, make a mockery of the purpose of Cabinet positions, or to spread disinformation on a level not seen outside of China or Soviet Russia.
*hugs* So, so sorry.
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These were the same people who screamed, "Whore!" when Michelle wore a sleeveless dress....but called Melania "classy".
The same people who swore Obama was coming (any minute now) for their guns, but told me that I was an idiot if I thought Trump would take away ANY of the freedoms we've come to.
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It's so cliche, but the cost of freedom is high - and not just for the soldiers on the front lines of foreign countries.
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The cost of truth on the other hand, apparently depends on who you ask, eh?
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