We will be embarrassed when we look back at these times

[louis c]

Whenever we stray from what we do best, which is described at the base of the Statue of Liberty, it becomes a dark day in our history.

When the ship, the Saint Louis, set sail to our shores from Germany during the holocaust, and we turned those refugees away, sending them back to certain death at the hands of the Nazis, we have regretted that decision ever since.

Bigotry and racism during our history are the worst parts of the American story. Slavery, the trail of tears, the Chinese exclusion acts, immigration quotas against Southern Europeans in 1924 (that one was aimed at my ancestors), the barriers built to keep Jews from escaping the Nazi menace, the internment of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor, Jim Crow laws and I'm sure I'm missing a few. But now, after all those disgraceful episodes in our history, the President of the United States is Donald Trump. Let that sink in. It's fucking 2018. We have had disgraceful, regrettable historical times in our history and what we've learned, as a nation, has brought us this embarrassing, disgusting, racist, incompetent piece of shit to the White House. Have we learned nothing in this 242 year experiment?

I am embarrassed for my country, my fellow citizens and myself.

Please wake me from this nightmare.

[whathehell]

1. I'm already embarrassed..

not to mention disgusted.

[Javaman]

5. my thoughts exactly. I don't need to reflect nor look back.

I'm completely embarrassed now.

[Tipperary]

6. I am more horrified than embarrassed.

I am also very disappointed that more Dems are not speaking up loudly.

[louis c]

8. Maybe I should explain

When I use the word "we", that means all Americans.

During slavery, Abolitionists knew it was an abomination at the time, yet many Americans accepted it for decades. Yet, now, the collective "we" can find few, if any, Americans who can defend those actions. Same with the Japanese interment camps. People thought it was a good idea at the time, but I'm sure many didn't. Now, you will be hard pressed to find a supporter of those actions.

My point is that when history judges these times, there will be few, if any Americans, who will side with the Trumpists.

[whathehell]

11. You are correct.. n/t

[MineralMan]

2. When I look at the present times, I am beyond embarrassment.

We have a punk for a President and he shames us all daily for allowing him to have been elected.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I personally am not "embarassed"

This is all PAR for America's course. Anyone, like myself, descended from those dragged over here from the continent of Africa from the 1600s - 1800s KNOWS the deal.

And we ALSO know it is a continual cyclical frustration, anger, hurt, and struggle to get this country BACK to what the Constitution claims to represent.

[northoftheborder]

4. Embarrassed NOW, and ashamed of my country for electing him.

Not the first time I've been ashamed of my country, but definitely the latest. We have a history to be proud of, but definitely blackened and stained by various terrible mistakes. If I traveled abroad now I would wear a RESIST button, or a donkey pin.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Color me embarrassed and horrified now.

[kacekwl]

9. Not me.

I and anyone with a functioning brain knew who this a-hole was from jump street. I did not vote for him and tried to warn everyone I knew about him. He is not my president and I take NO responsibility for him .

[3catwoman3]

10. Embarrassed, horrified, disgusted...

...revolted, appalled, aghast, dismayed.

If I were traveling abroad right now, I would wear a T-shirt that said, "I did not vote for that ass."