When I am called a racist, bigot, sexist, anti-feminist, homophobic, among other things it does upset me as none of these describe me, my beliefs or who I am as a person.
However, you can make judgments about me and say horrible things about me and believe what you want. That is your right to do because you are an American.
As an Americans we have the right to vote for our leaders. Unlike so many countries in this world. Every four years we have a chance to vote and let our voice be heard. Some years our preferred candidate prevails and some years they don't.
Four years ago was my first presidential election I was able to vote in, and I did. That night I also watched the results just like millions of us did on Tuesday.
On that Tuesday, my preferred candidate did not win...
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Dear Mr. Trump,
You fought your way into presidency, you demonstrated racist behavior, you degraded women, and you slandered people's names and race in order to reach the top.
You have inflicted fear into much of the nation, and divided the rest. You prayed on the uneducated, the poor, and those who desperately wanted change.
You have created an uproar across the nation and the world, of those who do not believe in you. I do not believe in you, Mr. Trump. I do not believe that you have the qualifications to run our nation, and I certainly do not believe that you ran this election with your heart. You chose to run your election based on hate. And you won.
There has never been such a clear divide in this nation since the Civil War (1861-1865). Don't get me wrong, Mr. Trump,...
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To everyone,
Like so many in this country, I have been left stunned and shaken by the recent election. From the beginning, we all knew this was going to be an important election. There were so many ugly moments and I know many of us, were simply ready for it to be over. But, with the announcement that Donald Trump will be our 45th president, our work is far from over.
My first election, when I was 18, was Obama vs McCain. That was a heated election. And Obama vs Romney was also a heated election. But, I have never seen the country so divided since this recent one. Growing up, our mission was to come together as people. That our differences, while making us who we are, also didn't mean that we had to be separate. We had come too far for that.
The past few years have been hard....
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What will you do now, Mr. Trump?
After a long and hard-fought campaign, you have won the election and will become the 45th president of our country in less than two months. While I cannot celebrate in this victory of yours, I am also trying not to despair at this turn of events. I want to give you a chance. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt, and I believe that there are many others out there who want to as well. But for us to be able to do that, we need to know what you are going to do now regarding the many issues that make us fear you, your supporters, and your presidency.
Right now, we have a very divided nation, and you are right to say that we need to work towards uniting together once more. However, it is you who must show us the path that will make this possible....
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I’m saddened, sickened, disgusted, and hurt by the way some (not all) Hillary supporters are acting. They want to make change and make things unified, but I flip on the news, look at Facebook and I see the exact opposite. I see people being shot, beat up, yelled at, and called “bigots”. Where is the love in that? Many say “Love Trumps Hate” so show the love, do not show the hate. They are contradicting themselves when they say this because they are showing so much hatred towards their family, friends and country when they call a trump supporter a “racist” or a “woman hater”. I am a woman, and I am in no way a “woman hater” or a “racist” When are people going to learn that change starts with ourselves. No president, vice president, Secretary of State or anyone in the political sector is...
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November 9th, 2016
This letter, is addressed to all those whom might be persuaded to read it in the wake of this unprecedented election cycle. I am not a professional writer, so I apologize early on for any gramatical mistakes found here. This will likely not be edited or even proofread very likely this letter will be lost in all the chaos and confusion surrounding the weeks or months to come. But I feel as if I need to get this off of my chest if I am going to be able to sleep at night for the next four years, not dissect it for 'perfection'.
I am an American citizen, one whom cannot vote, and as such did not vote in this election cycle.
But despite my inability to vote, I have never once felt orchestrated, alienated, or left out of the process.
That has changed....
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Please let me start by offering my condolences. We can feel and see your pain. We know the pain because we were preparing ourselves to be the recipients of this pain for some time now. I, for one, thought that a very adequate job had been done of painting President Elect Trump as the true leader of, what could only be, the deplorable far right. If they failed in that mission it was not due to lack of effort. I am not crying foul. I understand their trepidation. This was a cringe worthy campaign all around. So my feelings for your concern are genuine.
But you need to know something about us. The voter that probably pushed the surge that gave the victory to Donald Trump. We are not what you think we are. Allow me to explain.
I am transplanted from a major city to rural Ohio. I know...
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If I could have voted in this election, I would not have voted for you. This much is plain and simple.
Your hateful and insulting rhetoric filled me with anger and disgust these past fifteen months, and there was never a doubt in my mind that America would be sane enough to prevent you from entering office. As I watched you win primary after primary, the Republican National Convention, my stance remained unchanged, and I was still unable to fathom the thought of your presidency being a viable possibility. Who would elect such a racist? Somebody so sexist? A severe threat to the progress that has been made towards equality in this nation? Well, I guess the American people would, and did.
However, despite the dark period many feel we are now entering, I still hold steadfast in the...
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Why I’m hurting after the 2016 United States election.
AN OPEN LETTER TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS:
I am a gay, first generation, Salvadorian-American man that is significantly hurting after Donald Trump was elected the 45TH president of the United States. I’m hurting for a lot of reasons. The heart-wrenching feeling of defeat, along with the reminder of disenfranchisement of other people like me, is painting a bleak image of the future. This wasn’t an election where another Republican white man won the presidency. To the republicans out there that think that that’s the main reason for my anger, it’s not. Donald Trump isn’t the ordinary candidate. Donald Trump isn’t the ordinary Republican. President-elect Donald J. Trump is the insidious, subconscious trigger that many American clearly...
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Dear World,
I am sorry, for the horror in store. I fear that the world may need to prepare for another WWIII. We barely recover from one war when another is around the corner. My family has been around for to many wars brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, friends and family dying so that we can live on, for what? So that we can fight in another war, so we can find more ways to kill each other. We created a weapon of mass destruction and put it in the hands of the schoolyard bully we gave him an army and more power than any child should have.
You gave us a home and like children we have run rampant destroying as we go. Will we ever learn from our mistakes? Will we ever learn to listen to others? Will we ever know the truth? I can’t say. I try to do my part to keep you whole but they...
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