Just so we’re clear, I dislike the street protests that have occurred since the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States.
It ain’t my style. Got it? OK.
But before the nation’s Trumpkins get all wadded up over the anger being expressed by those who voted for Hillary Clinton, I feel the need to remind them of what transpired after the election of the 44th president, Barack H. Obama, in 2008.
The anger then perhaps was even more palpable, more demonstrative and more, um, hateful than what we’re seeing now. (See picture attached to this post.)
May I remind everyone about the signage that portrayed the then-new president as some sort of alien? Or suggested he was a terrorist sympathizer? Or that he was not a legitimately elected individual, that he didn’t qualify for the office because he was born in some far-off foreign place?
Who was one of the leaders of that slanderous endeavor? Oh, wait! Donald Trump!
I hope the Trumpkins of this nation spare us soon the “Get over it” mantra.
There’s a lot of anger out there. Trump himself tapped into it while winning this election. Much of the anger is misplaced and it doesn’t do any good.
It’s real, though.
It also is a carryover from two previous elections.
And we’re finding out that, by golly, the other shoe does fit.
I agree with all of this except your first sentence. I love the protests. Not the violence or destructiveness, but the exercise of one’s right to peacefully protest. Of course it’s not going to change the election, and I think they know that. But it’s sending a message loud and clear: “We’re here, and if you come after us, we will fight you.” And I think that’s a message this president needs to hear.