My point is that these people are the "low-information" types.
http://abcnews.com.co/donald-trump-protester-speaks-out-i-was-paid-to-protest/
Or it could just be the participation trophy echo chamber demographic feeling the sting of defeat for the first time.
What action has Trump taken as President to... oh, wait, he hasn't yet.
These protestors are assaulting the very notion of election, of peaceful transfer of power.
Looks like a bunch of spoiled brats being told 'no" for the first time in their life. I think this election is giving some people a healthy dose of reality and that's a damn good thing.
Such laughable hypocrisy. Good on them to show their vitriol and drop the facade. No doubt they think of themselves as "good people". That is the precisely the line of thinking that leads to heinous acts. That is not to say Republicans have some outright nasty followers of their own, but if you can't accept this results, then you are not better than Trump saying the system is rigged.
All of that is fine till they realize who is in his cabinet picks... yes, this is fine america totally didn't vote for the establishment.His message hits home to a lot of disaffected folks and that's what got him elected, much more so than his rather offensive personality and character.
Oh! I do declare! These protestors exercising their 1st amendment rights are just horrid!
Really? Do you guys need to go to your safe spaces now?
A person who had qualification... starting from High School, to College, to Law, to Government, even further in Government... lost to a extremist right-wing star who basically is going to deport all of us into FEMA interment camps.
This really takes it home;
lost an election for class president for her senior year against two boys, one of whom told her, "you are really stupid if you think a girl can be elected president."
Bernstein 2007, p. 30; A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40766-9.
Gerth & Van Natta 2007, pp. 21–22. Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-01742-6.
American Dream is destroyed... it is more worthwhile to be a star. Than, to have an education and to fight for office on that merit.
Is this what passes for evidence in your mind?
Where are they rioting or looting? As for the protests, they are simply exercising their first amendment right to protest. If you didn't notice, a man was elected to the presidency while basically trashing entire groups of Americans.Do we live in a democracy or a banana republic? Things don't go your way? Whine and bitch and protest and riot and loot.
Unbelievable.
Three way street.You do realize freedom of speech/protest is a two way street right? They have a right to protest, I have a right to call them jackasses.
Yes, the American dream is destroyed with the electoral choice of Trump. Trump has always been for the established. Just look at his cabinet picks. Nice splash, in the anti-establishment...The American Dream destroyed because Clinton lost a focking election? Good gawd, get a grip. America has been falling behind for quite a few years now.
Unassisted manufacturing is in decline, while augmented manufacturing is on the rise.You didn't notice that manufacturing has left,
This is mainly because the requirements are increasing, while education remains the same or has gotten worse.that the middle class is shrinking,
If you are running two incomes and barely make ends meet. Maybe, you need to go to a fiscal responsibility course.that two incomes are barely able to make ends meet,
The healthcare bill didn't change the healthcare market. So, I don't understand the point of complaining about something that was always systemic. Healthcare will always be expensive since that market has the most fear of becoming a free commodity. It falls under the dole/welfare with free higher public education(community college)/(technical schools).that health care has become prohibitively expensive, etc.... ?!
It is wrong to vote for Trump. Especially, if you/ye think he isn't establishment. Welcome to the 1st amendment...If you are suggesting that it is wrong that the people are allowed to vote and elect a person you find repugnant, I don't know what to say other than welcome to democracy.
All of that is fine till they realize who is in his cabinet picks... yes, this is fine america totally didn't vote for the establishment.
"I'm not the puppet, you're the puppet." - Trump whines.
Image what Trump will look like in 4 years!Yeh, that's just about when the dream weaver Trump crashes headlong into Trump the President who gets whacked up the side of the head with a spiked 2x4 named reality 10 times a minute 24/7/365.
I've actually had some really disturbing moments thinking about Trump's cabinet and court picks, especially if he's going the Lone Ranger route via getting revenge on his hit list of prominent Repubs who tried to sabotage his run for office.
Pence is going to be a really busy guy in his attempts to have Trump play patty cakes with the Repub establishment heirarchy who he has vociferously railed on and on about. I really do feel sorry for the guy having to make Trump behave himself.
The question is whether you take the false positive(terrorist pretending to be just another guy making a living in a new place dealing damage) or the false negative (preventing the legitimates from benefitting). While Trump took it to the idiotic extreme of stereotyping, if someone truly does care about preventing terrorism, then preventing the false positive is the higher priority to saving the false negatives from suffering. The left believes that they are doing an act of personal kindness instead of an impersonal granting of very valuable good at some expense to local residents and with a slight but VERY real risk of having a false positive take some lives.That's it though, he did more than talk nasty, he told Americans that your religion is wrong that that we aren't letting in any more of you because you are dangerous. How are Americans that didn't vote for him supposed to feel? He didn't say just terrorists, he said Muslims, all Muslims. That's like Hillary saying that all Evangelicals are dangerous. How are evangelicals supposed to feel that are already living here?
Whether you voted for Obama or Bush and they got elected, I'm sure you weren't afraid of getting kicked out of the country because of him or losing everything because of him. Trump said those kinds of things.
Looks like a bunch of spoiled brats being told 'no" for the first time in their life. I think this election is giving some people a healthy dose of reality and that's a damn good thing.
That's it though, he did more than talk nasty, he told Americans that your religion is wrong that that we aren't letting in any more of you because you are dangerous. How are Americans that didn't vote for him supposed to feel? He didn't say just terrorists, he said Muslims, all Muslims. That's like Hillary saying that all Evangelicals are dangerous. How are evangelicals supposed to feel that are already living here?
Whether you voted for Obama or Bush and they got elected, I'm sure you weren't afraid of getting kicked out of the country because of him or losing everything because of him. Trump said those kinds of things.
How does this work? Does one apply online?
“This is a disaster. We fought our hearts out to avert this reality. But now it’s here,” MoveOn.org staff wrote to members on Wednesday. “The new president-elect and many of his most prominent supporters have targeted, demeaned, and threatened millions of us—and millions of our friends, family, and loved ones. Both chambers of Congress remain in Republican hands. We are entering an era of profound and unprecedented challenge, a time of danger for our communities and our country. In this moment, we have to take care of ourselves, our families, and our friends—especially those of us who are on the front lines facing hate, including Latinos, women, immigrants, refugees, Black people, Muslims, LGBT Americans, and so many others. And we need to make it clear that we will continue to stand together.”
The liberal strongholds are protected by their local government. Move to a Blue state and be safe. Prince George's County is will take you in. (Don't mind the old buildings, bad schools, crime, high taxes, being snubbed by other Dems elsehwhere in MD and Va). Do some states' rights rebellion.Oh look, Soros is behind these "protests":
America on Edge: MoveOn Organizes Anti-Trump Protests Around Country
There we go, ALL white people are devils:
I think it is a lot of misdirected anger. Trump is a buffoon and says some pretty offensive stuff. However I think the left demonized him without understanding why his message was resonating.I'm sure there's some of that in the mix, as well as most of what others have mentioned in this thread.
But for whatever reason each individual felt compelled to take to the streets, they're united around the idea that a man like Trump can't possibly be the leader of the free world, keeping in mind just what kind of guy he has presented himself to be. Nobody has described Trump and his character better than the man himself.
I think it needs reiterating that Pres. Elect Trump has a very......unique way about him that does not lend himself to be a well liked respected person given the numerous "timely" and factual anecdotes that have been spread around about him, so let's not kid ourselves about the notoriety he has acquired for himself simply from being himself. There's no getting around that in any real sense.
The protesters are out in force as a direct result of witnessing his behavior and from listening to what came out of his mouth time and again and again at his rallies. In their minds that's not a person who they feel is the right man for the job, given his behavior since joining in the fray.
Now I need to stress that there is a distinction that I'm making here, and that is the difference between Trump as a person and the popular message he is selling to the nation.
His message is on point. His message hits home to a lot of disaffected folks and that's what got him elected, much more so than his rather offensive personality and character.
I think it is a lot of misdirected anger. Trump is a buffoon and says some pretty offensive stuff. However I think the left demonized him without understanding why his message was resonating.
He approaches some uncomfortable topics with uncomfortable language. I don't agree with most of what he said, but some people found it refreshing that he didnt tip toe around or address these issues through the filter of a political focus group.
I think there is an irony that at the end of the day, it wasnt racists or xenophobes that won him the day. It was people abandoned by the party they once supported who simply want jobs.