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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 702625" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>That is chilling Going. That night I had nightmares of being routed from my home and transported. The kind of fear and hate that was triggered and mobilized in this election struck at the core for many of us.</p><p></p><p>There are many, many America-born people who identify themselves as immigrants/outsiders/the other, myself and my mother and grandparents, included. President-elect Trump was talking about us. I am the other to which he referred. I take seriously the danger.</p><p></p><p>You may recall M is undocumented. But he is unafraid. His attitude: <em>Bring it on. Try it</em>.</p><p></p><p>This is really a crisis point for this nation. Crisis or Opportunity will be decided by all of us together and each of us singly. For myself I will participate as I can in way, perhaps, in Bernie Sander's Our Revolution or one of the offshoots. From that view, if each of us to the extent we are able take some constructive action to put into place the kind of society we want for ourselves and for all of us together, this present situation can find some useful purpose.</p><p></p><p>Personally I hold Hillary Clinton and the democratic party as largely responsible. There were decisions made to disregard the discontent, the sense of estrangement and marginalization and the economic losses of working class whites, particularly in the rust belt where you live. At the same time, there was the assumption that these votes could be taken for granted.</p><p></p><p>I was appalled to learn that the Clinton campaign and democratic party manipulated the field to try to encourage the rise of candidates such as Trump, believing that he would be easier for her to beat. Imagine that. Putting the welfare of a country and a planet at risk for the sake of winning, with the aim of maximizing the chances of a flawed candidate. Does this not prove what Mr. Trump was saying, and justify the sense of betrayal and abandonment that seems to have in part fueled the votes of this large voting block that was to prove so decisive?</p><p></p><p>I hope I have not crossed the line to the political. I see this as analysis of our common situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 702625, member: 18958"] That is chilling Going. That night I had nightmares of being routed from my home and transported. The kind of fear and hate that was triggered and mobilized in this election struck at the core for many of us. There are many, many America-born people who identify themselves as immigrants/outsiders/the other, myself and my mother and grandparents, included. President-elect Trump was talking about us. I am the other to which he referred. I take seriously the danger. You may recall M is undocumented. But he is unafraid. His attitude: [I]Bring it on. Try it[/I]. This is really a crisis point for this nation. Crisis or Opportunity will be decided by all of us together and each of us singly. For myself I will participate as I can in way, perhaps, in Bernie Sander's Our Revolution or one of the offshoots. From that view, if each of us to the extent we are able take some constructive action to put into place the kind of society we want for ourselves and for all of us together, this present situation can find some useful purpose. Personally I hold Hillary Clinton and the democratic party as largely responsible. There were decisions made to disregard the discontent, the sense of estrangement and marginalization and the economic losses of working class whites, particularly in the rust belt where you live. At the same time, there was the assumption that these votes could be taken for granted. I was appalled to learn that the Clinton campaign and democratic party manipulated the field to try to encourage the rise of candidates such as Trump, believing that he would be easier for her to beat. Imagine that. Putting the welfare of a country and a planet at risk for the sake of winning, with the aim of maximizing the chances of a flawed candidate. Does this not prove what Mr. Trump was saying, and justify the sense of betrayal and abandonment that seems to have in part fueled the votes of this large voting block that was to prove so decisive? I hope I have not crossed the line to the political. I see this as analysis of our common situation. [/QUOTE]
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