Perversely, I was wondering if George W. Bush might have some impact-if he went in on a statement with Obama and Bill Clinton condemning this. Remember that right after 9/11, he visited a mosque and said Islam was not our enemy. And even Dick Cheney trashed Trump’s proposal for a Muslim ban before the election.

Stop talking to them. If they can’t be reached, they can’t be reached and it smacks of vanity to somehow think you can do it. They will have to suffer personally to have any chance of changing their minds, and when things get even worse, I could see a lot of these people doubling down on him because they won’t want to…

Everything you wrote is so, so naive. There comes a point where you just have to accept that some people *cannot* be reasoned with, do *not* have a better nature to reach, and are just *gone*. They are irredeemable. And we hit that point last November. Stop wasting your time on them-they voted for him because he…

HRC won Dallas County by over 20 points and Obama won it both times. It’s actually way more liberal than people outside Texas realize. And SLC has an openly lesbian mayor.

I was probably being way too bitchy to you-my apologies. I have done the whole donating money to campaigns and phonebanking, etc for the past 8 years...and look where we are. I want to feel energized to fight back, but I still feel a lot of despair mixed with unfocused anger. I am still waiting to get to the point…

No, it actually isn’t ironic at all. Do you even remember how bad crime was in the 80s and early 90s? I do. Some of the strongest supporters of that crime bill were black politicians who were crying out for help for their districts. Did it go too far-sure. But it goes both ways, many black politicians and communities…

“Yeah. You’re the problem. The low information voters (aka voters of color, right?) who think that someone who sponsored a bill to ban flag-burning and fought hard for the war in Iraq is just amazing are why the party has ended up beholden to people who are incredibly unpopular (with white people) and who hate the…

Uhhh...someone *did* run against McCain in 2016. You could have helped her.

Yes-a dance party with a Lady Gaga soundtrack and throwing glitter is going to prevent the GOP and the Trump administration from gutting health care, rolling back protections for LGBTs, gutting abortion rights, antagonizing China, accelerating the destruction of the environment, and on and on.

The median age in the USA is around 37. That means the majority of the population was born after the Vietnam War ended. I cannot wait until Vietnam stops being a relevant cultural and political topic-I remember being bewildered about what a big deal “what did you do during the war” became during the 2004 election.

I think there are some people that are just not mentally equipped to handle air travel. That is why we have cars, buses and the Interstate Highway System.

I’m may be doxxing myself, but I met Stephen Hinton because I once worked with his wife (a very very long time ago) and he was memorably strange. Like strange even for an academic (not a fan of academics as people tbh).

That will probably come out after he’s inaugurated. And only after.

No, believe me-it’s easy for them to mentally dismiss liberals no matter where they are.

Considering that HRC won Dallas by 30 points, and won Salt Lake City by 10 points, you’ll be preaching to the choir there as well. Phoenix, tragically, on the other hand...

I’m absolutely sure that the Trump campaign and maybe Trump himself, is begging Kanye to perform at an inauguration ball-no one is agreeing to perform-there are rumors they are even dangling political appointments to get anyone to show up.

There actually have been rumors that Sarandon has had to leave Hollywood soirees early because other celebs in attendance are being either frosty or openly hostile to her. Good to hear.

I hate the people who voted for him more than I hate him, actually. I can’t get over voting for him.

“he’s seen as tacitly implicit in not putting faith in the American people”

I’ve seen some stats that claim that 70+% of white people do not know a person of color. Most white Americans live in all white environments. Even these so called liberal elite cities like NYC or Chicago are some of the most segregated environments in the country. Whites have the lowest percentage of people who date…