Because human nature is to get defensive and double down on bad behavior when getting yelled at, regardless if what you are doing is legitimately dangerous. And the constant undermining and lack of support from the Bernie Bros was exactly as dangerous as predicted. We needed party unity and enthusiasm after the…

Not everyone hates her. Millions of people were very enthusiastic about her. Dismissing that enthusiasm says something about you, not her.

“Basically handed her the nomination.”

Putting aside the fact that you seem to want to blame the wiccan for the witch-hunt, so to speak, from appearances, (too) many Americans didn’t give shit if Trump could keep his conduct above-board. In fact they cheered when he didn’t.

I disagree with you on Clinton, but I’m fucking so relieved that you’re not saying that Sanders would’ve done better. Like, we can have a conversation about Clinton, but I’m pretty much done with all these fucking crystal-ball owning motherfuckers who are gonna sit here and tell me that the idiot contingent in America…

Unlike Hillary, he at least was liked and respected.

Not everyone hates. I am a white middle class millennial male and I loved her, I’ve been fond of her since I read “living history” trying to figure out why everyone hated her. I loved how progressive the platform was and I tried so hard to get people to vote for her. Sadly I live in a county just outside of blue…

Hillary’s candidacy meant a lot of things to a lot of people— many of them women who have been consistently passed over in their professional lives in favor of less qualified men. It seems really shitty to mock people for feeling badly for her, much less to make the ridiculous assertion that such feelings are the…

“We ran a candidate whom everyone hates...” is untrue, but I’ve decided that the Dems should choose their next candidate SOLELY on the basis of “is s/he likeable?” because that’s obviously the most important factor to voters. Someone needs to buy the domains jenniferlawrence2020.org and georgeclooney2020.org.

this horse isn’t dead for the millions of Americans likely to suffer under Trump’s regime. the holidays will not be safe or joy filled or happy for a lot of folks.

See, here’s the problem - it wasn’t against the rules at the time. It is NOW, but that fact doesn’t matter because you don’t bother to pay attention to the facts. Our country belongs to the low information voter.

Voter turn out was very, very low for the Democrats. A lot of people were saying that they would hold their nose and vote Clinton, but after the latest “scandal” with the emails, I could see them saying “fuck it” and staying home. My father sure did.

If you’ve been working your whole life in politics and planning for this moment, and some rich male idiot sexist racist who had never so much as served on a student council waltzes in and wins, you’re allowed to dissect what in the fuck happened. Respect.

I hate to publish my text exchange with nanny again because it felt creepy enough the first time around, but she told me flat out she voted for trump because of “the new Hillary investigation”. People don’t actually read and gather facts anymore. Votes are easily swayed by misinformation gleaned off Facebook.

I discussed Comey with my husband last night. So do we just pretend he never did anything or...? If nothing happens, does this sort of tampering become the norm?

I don’t think it changed the mind of anyone who voted on Tuesday but I would suspect it affected voter turn out for her.

This week, I’ve been ashamed of our country, and I don’t feel like I am a part of anything anymore.

Interesting. I too lived in NYC during 9/11, but I think for me I didn’t quite grasp what the consequences would be at the time, whereas right now although the IMMEDIATE impact has yet to be felt (Trump doesn’t enter office until January), just thinking about what the future holds fills me with dread.

Aside from personal and family medical issues, yes. Strangely, I’ve been thinking a lot about 9/11 today. Same kind of disbelief and dissociation, walking around in a fog, thinking it had to be a mistake, not knowing how to console my students. The difference is that instead of being angry/incredulous at a bunch of…

Yes. This is worse than 9/11. 9/11 brought with it a shared sense of purpose; the enemies were external.