Something I wrote in 2016 after Trump Won
Okay now that I am done Gloating for the night anyway Wanna write something out to everyone even them leftist I am no fans of ...... Settle in this is gonna be a long one
Nobody is about to come get you because Trump is now president elect
Le'ts look at a few topics from a ......................RATIONAL POV. RPOV is that thing where you figure out what's likely to happen instead of look for reasons to go ape shit. I read stories of people getting teary-eyed and stroking the hair of their c***dren like the Nazis are coming and there's just no hope
....you might want to see somebody about that kind of thing
Anyway.....The reality of it all:
1. Foreign Military Policy - It seems like outside of the U.S., the press paid little attention to what a Super-hawk Hillary Clinton is.. Trump's positions on engagement with nations like Russia and Iran are far more dovish than Hillary's. The whole "neo-con/neo-lib" crowd abandoned Trump and lined up behind Ms. Clinton. Trump was an early critic of the Iraq war and engagement in Afghanistan. He has made some strange comments about Isis, etc....but on the whole, his positions are more peacenik than were hers. This is a big reason why he won. The "Alt right" and the "blue dog dems" and voters with an interest in less war lined up behind Trump while the establishment hawks lined up behind HIllary. As secretary of state, Hillary orchestrated the bombing of Libya and the takedown of Gaddafi, which was kinda crazy..........So anyway.....nobody knows if a candidate will stick with their non-interventionist policy but if you don't like more war, the less warrish candidate won.
2. Freedom of the press - Isn't going anywhere. No hint or threat....there's always been the corporate control over major networks. That won't change.
3. Freedom of religion - Nothing changing there. Certainly no big difference between the two candidates. There's no threat of anything happening on that front
4. Women's rights - The odds of any major policy against reproductive rights are basically 0 and Trump has signalled no interest in moving against that type of thing anyway. Over the last 20 years, these issues have been over things like a few clinics being pressured to shut down for health reasons......and then social issues like protesting outside clinics etc.....but clinics are not about to get shut down everywhere. .....The odds of women in the US, not having access to reproductive services in the near or distant future - 0. None.
The nuances of certain policies, like............, healthcare and the ability of a company to opt out of birth control coverage for employees, like the Hobby Lobby issue might be at stake, but that's pretty small potatoes. Practically, the lives of women in the U.S. aren't going to change AT ALL. Neither will the lives of men because of who's president
5. LGBT rights - Again..... There is no risk of any widespread persecution against LGBT people taking place as a result of Trump coming into office. Kink world is not under any threat. Nobody is getting rounded up Increased social and political acceptance for LGBT people has been increasing for the last 50 or so years and it's been a steady increase. Bush the younger was more socially conservative than Trump but after those 8 years, there were more legal rights and protections than at the beginning and that will likely continue while Trump is in office. Trump does not bring with him any immediate threat to any person of LGBT identify.
6. Race - Same thing. If you think any discussion about immigration or controlling it is a racist discussion, you could be in for some bad news but there is no talk or threat or possibility of rolling back civil rights legislation or anything like that.
So.........practically speaking everyone, you can probably calm down. Not much is going to change. You can come out from under your beds.
Nobody is about to come get you because Trump is now president elect
Le'ts look at a few topics from a ......................RATIONAL POV. RPOV is that thing where you figure out what's likely to happen instead of look for reasons to go ape shit. I read stories of people getting teary-eyed and stroking the hair of their c***dren like the Nazis are coming and there's just no hope
....you might want to see somebody about that kind of thing
Anyway.....The reality of it all:
1. Foreign Military Policy - It seems like outside of the U.S., the press paid little attention to what a Super-hawk Hillary Clinton is.. Trump's positions on engagement with nations like Russia and Iran are far more dovish than Hillary's. The whole "neo-con/neo-lib" crowd abandoned Trump and lined up behind Ms. Clinton. Trump was an early critic of the Iraq war and engagement in Afghanistan. He has made some strange comments about Isis, etc....but on the whole, his positions are more peacenik than were hers. This is a big reason why he won. The "Alt right" and the "blue dog dems" and voters with an interest in less war lined up behind Trump while the establishment hawks lined up behind HIllary. As secretary of state, Hillary orchestrated the bombing of Libya and the takedown of Gaddafi, which was kinda crazy..........So anyway.....nobody knows if a candidate will stick with their non-interventionist policy but if you don't like more war, the less warrish candidate won.
2. Freedom of the press - Isn't going anywhere. No hint or threat....there's always been the corporate control over major networks. That won't change.
3. Freedom of religion - Nothing changing there. Certainly no big difference between the two candidates. There's no threat of anything happening on that front
4. Women's rights - The odds of any major policy against reproductive rights are basically 0 and Trump has signalled no interest in moving against that type of thing anyway. Over the last 20 years, these issues have been over things like a few clinics being pressured to shut down for health reasons......and then social issues like protesting outside clinics etc.....but clinics are not about to get shut down everywhere. .....The odds of women in the US, not having access to reproductive services in the near or distant future - 0. None.
The nuances of certain policies, like............, healthcare and the ability of a company to opt out of birth control coverage for employees, like the Hobby Lobby issue might be at stake, but that's pretty small potatoes. Practically, the lives of women in the U.S. aren't going to change AT ALL. Neither will the lives of men because of who's president
5. LGBT rights - Again..... There is no risk of any widespread persecution against LGBT people taking place as a result of Trump coming into office. Kink world is not under any threat. Nobody is getting rounded up Increased social and political acceptance for LGBT people has been increasing for the last 50 or so years and it's been a steady increase. Bush the younger was more socially conservative than Trump but after those 8 years, there were more legal rights and protections than at the beginning and that will likely continue while Trump is in office. Trump does not bring with him any immediate threat to any person of LGBT identify.
6. Race - Same thing. If you think any discussion about immigration or controlling it is a racist discussion, you could be in for some bad news but there is no talk or threat or possibility of rolling back civil rights legislation or anything like that.
So.........practically speaking everyone, you can probably calm down. Not much is going to change. You can come out from under your beds.
5 年 前
2. He repeatedly attacks the press every single day, it's his mantra. He has gone through four press secretaries already, daily white house press briefings are anything but. When Trump meets in secret with Putin the US has to hear about it from the Kremlin. Doesn't that bother you at?
3. He has REPEATEDLY tried to ban Muslims from the county, he ran on that platform.
4. Trump vowed during the campaign to nominate a judge who would help overturn Roe v. Wade. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch who has come out against Roe v. Wade to a lifetime appointed on the supreme court. He also appointed Brett Kavanaugh who has similar views in addition to all the other conservative Supreme court Justices. Tump has also appointed 150+ conservative federal court judges. It is no secret here in the states that conservatives are ant-abortion.
5. Trump banned Trans people from serving in the military. The military told him to go screw, they won't enforce it but the ban is in place. When that didn't work he made it so the military won't pay they're medical bills.
6. David Duke former Grand Wizard of the KKK ran for public office because he was inspired by Trump, his words. White supremacist terrorism skyrocketed to number one on the FBI's list under Trump. In addition to all the new restrictions conservatives have put on voting like closing voting polls, or just straight up sending people away in Black, and Native-American neighborhoods specifically, there is also the aforementioned Muslim ban. Now you can tell yourself Muslims aren't a race, but that doesn't stop his supporters from assaulting people with brown skin calling them Muslims all the while. Now for Illegal immigration, Trump has focused all his attention on Mexican illegal immigration, no word of Canadian, Euro, Asian, or even his own wife's illegal immigration. No concentration camp for them.