What are Trump and his supporters doing to avoid emboldening bigots in the future?
We respect their rights to have their own opinions in accordance with the law, remind them politely of the limits of legally tolerated behavior, and do what any gentleman is trained to do when confronted with rudeness, pretend it never happened, because it shouldn't have.
If they cross the line into actual crime, they are held accountable, within the limits of the legal system.
That's the same principle that lets someone under investigation by the FBI for mishandling classified information run for president as the only "qualified" individual. It's also the same principle that lets someone who viciously attacked and attempted to suppress the stories of women assaulted by her husband somehow be the candidate who supports women's rights to not be groped. It's the same principle that lets, again, the "qualified" candidate list secretary of state as something that entitles her to the office despite being a horrible secretary of state. Time was you had to be good at your previous job to list it as a qualification. These aren't just boxes we check folks, performance matters.
The "he supports white supremacists" attack is disgusting and you should be ashamed. The whole story there is that he was asked a question by a reporter who absolutely thought he was an idiot and a racist. The reporter didn't ask, "are you glad you were just endorsed by this asshole, former leader of the KKK?" The reporter asked about the person by name with no context, and Trump said he didn't know who they were. And then the very next day, upon asking his people "who the fuck is this guy?" He condemned the group. I don't know who he is? I don't give a fuck about the KKK, nobody does. It is an irrelevant group of domestic terrorists. Out of all former leaders of terrorist organizations, that's the last one Trump should've known by name. I assume the FBI is watching them and that when they start doing crime they'll be caught and punished. It was a disgusting question derived from the absolute basest level of politicking and you fucking know better. The KKK is often going to endorse the GOP candidate, because they're a bunch of assholes, and because if you have a message that isn't racist that will sound like it is pro-white people in contrast to the Democrats every time.
What's so infuriating about that particular moment, is that usually what the leftist media asks in those situations is about a particular foreign dignitary. So that should have been a question about some South American leader, so Trump could have no idea who he was, and then we get a story about how he's ignorant of foreign affairs. That's the standard line of attack on one of the few legitimate responsibilities of the executive. You should have to be an expert on every foreign relationship, in detail, to run. It is an incredibly effective attack, and HRC had a years-long education in those topics so she could've spoken about it very well. That's not what we got though, because it was more important to the left to clarify that he was racist, than that he was unqualified.
Evaluating the Trump voter in the absence of considerations along the lines of the lack of a viable Democratic alternative are why you're feeling so scared and isolated. Nobody wanted either of these people to be president, that's what you are missing. There isn't some legion of enthusiastic Trump voters. There's 120 million voters out there who went to the polls and said "well shit."
Plus the, whatever the official number is now, eight million maybe, Democratic voters who just
didn't show up at all.
If Trump is as bad as you say, don't worry, I'll dust off my guns and join you in defending your freedom, no worries.
"Trump may use Obama's proposed fact checking law to silence the media."
Exactly. Stop fucking giving power and money to the government, you don't know who will be in power next. This election outcome should be a master class for liberals in why you don't let the government do whatever the fuck it wants. Before you pass a law, imagine the person you hate most in the world will be the one to enforce it.
"Trump may accidentally get us into a war, which is terrifying." Yup. Not as terrifying as HRC who was definitely going to get us into a war on purpose. Hypocrisy at its finest right there with that concern.
Bigger concern #4 from Mr. Wenchsenior is not unique to the Trump presidency. That's what happens whenever you put the federal government in control of something they've got no business doing. They can't influence nationwide educational policy if you stand up and tell them to cut that shit out the first time they try it. But you didn't mind what they were saying at the time so you ignored that it wasn't something that should be done. You called the people trying to point out that the idea of the federal government doing that is appalling racists, because of the specific idea the government was espousing. Buckle in and enjoy the ride. Powerful governments are scary. Small government conservatives still sound batshit crazy? Of course, because partisanship.
The actual policy the government is putting in place matters far less than the precedent of the government being able to have a policy on that at all. You're worried about a Trump presidency? Fucking Good. You should be. Be terrified of it. Insist on strict limits to executive power enforced by the Congress and the Supreme Court. Give Congress back the certainty that even if they don't support a bill, they should vote to override a veto on principle. Not supporting the legislation initially is a separate issue from not supporting the president's thwarting of the will of the people.
Don't follow your party blindly down a path that is wrong.
Laws should be the control of last resort, the solution of last resort. The Progressive Agenda should be about eliminating laws, not passing new ones. You don't legalize gay marriage, you eliminate any recognition of marriage at all. It has no place in law, it is not reconcilable with the separation of church and state. It is nobody's business if I am married or not, and both sides not recognizing that these laws give favor and bonuses to certain groups in violation of constitutional principles is hypocrisy.
Set up inheritance laws the same way insurance is set up. Default it to progeny in the absence of express wishes. My Social Security Insurance benefit goes to nobody if I die because I'm unmarried. So because I'm against gay marriage I'm a bigot, nevermind that I'm against straight marriage too. I don't care who you fuck, I do care that I'm paying a massive tax and if I get hit by a truck I can't leave the benefit I earned to loved ones, because the only family recognized in law is that condoned by the church. Ridiculous.
The disharmony you feel is because the Democratic platform is not progressive, it is "anti-status-quo I want mine same as they got theirs". And because it is frequently arguing from a position of take-all-we-can instead of stop-raping-us the moral outrage you try to bring to the argument is just bleating whinging of special snowflakes.
What will you sacrifice to make the world better? Nothing? Won't even show up to vote? How convenient. But "I'm afraid" and "now people think it's OK to be sexist." No they don't, you dramatist hypocrites. The POTUS doesn't matter. Your life isn't any different now than it was three weeks ago. Nobody killed your dog and stole your car.
These reactions are from anxiety, go get medication. Beyond that, grow up. Once you are actually harmed, then speak up. Right now, what you are doing? This is crying wolf.
