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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: NY Daily News/Front Page [View all]

calimary

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6. YES. Definitely! I want that to happen SO much!!!
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 09:55 AM
Oct 2016

The main problem will be on the receiving end, unfortunately. My wish is that if they get the snot beaten out of them next month, it'll open their eyes and they might actually reform a little, or grow up a little. But there's a little bit of me that butts in and yells - "yeah, fat chance." I don't have a lot of confidence in the opposition. I don't believe they'll come to their senses. I don't have any faith that this will force them to acknowledge that we're all in the 21st century now, and things aren't the way they imagine were so in the 1950s.

I suspect most of 'em will remain in denial. A defeat won't encourage them to change their views, accept the reality outside of their beloved bubble world, admit they were wrong, or concede that times have changed and they have to change, too. Nobody wants to admit they were wrong. Especially those who've invested so much of their efforts and their hearts in this sad, pathetic, and sometimes even shameful illusion. How does one un-delude oneself? How does one unfasten from this Bizarro World they've embraced and cling to so desperately? A lot of 'em, I suspect, will refuse to do so. Because THEY believe THEY'RE right. And that God is on THEIR side. And it's kinda hard to climb down from that, much less concede that maybe it's time you join the rest of the modern world, and accept the changes that cannot be denied or ignored or avoided.

What's really worst for them, I suspect, is that they don't want to entertain the thought that they're wrong. But, sorry to say, they are!
- Women WON'T go back - especially not to coat hangers and back alleys, a subservient position or second-class-citizen status, being considered a man's property, or what we used to know as the "pink ghetto" portion of the job market.
- Gays WON'T go back into the closet. Nor will many of them, who've finally found love and happiness and have been able to sanctify their life partnerships, be willing to turn their backs on the gains they've struggled to make.
- People of color WON'T go back to a world where they're prevented from voting, prevented from getting ahead, prevented from achieving success, happiness, prominence, and full equality. Besides, they've now proven that they have every right to the Oval Office, every bit as much as any white male does.

We WON'T GO BACK. This is the 21st century and time marches FORWARD. NOT BACKWARD.

NY Daily News/Front Page [View all] misterhighwasted Oct 2016 OP
k and r...nt Stuart G Oct 2016 #1
YEP!! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #2
Trump & GOP must be crushed to prevent Trump 2.0 / Ivanka & to commit GOP to meaningful reform. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #3
YES. Definitely! I want that to happen SO much!!! calimary Oct 2016 #6
Righteous! Hillary leads our society forward..stronger together. misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #9
Yes, likely no sense and the GOP schisms either by ejecting Ts or mainline leaving. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #13
I'm sure most of them will... NewJeffCT Oct 2016 #15
<3. Preach! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #26
It is time Saviolo Oct 2016 #14
It's worth reading! FailureToCommunicate Oct 2016 #4
That's really great! PatrickforO Oct 2016 #5
They couldn't/didn't do it yesterday BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #7
I misread it left-of-center2012 Oct 2016 #8
Lol..or that too. misterhighwasted Oct 2016 #10
Now that he's cut ties with Christie, Christie may have that arranged. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #22
LOL! montana_hazeleyes Oct 2016 #27
I am just scared that the goalposts will be moved after this and if she doesn't get 60% of DLCWIdem Oct 2016 #11
Yes that right there n/t humbled_opinion Oct 2016 #12
I agree with the sentiment... malthaussen Oct 2016 #16
Always been the people's paper. Tabloid... yeah a bit. zonkers Oct 2016 #17
Wow! It almost makes me want to subscribe! LAS14 Oct 2016 #18
YES!!!! Tarheel_Dem Oct 2016 #19
Works for me. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #20
Isn't the Daily News pretty conservative, normally? n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2016 #21
Problem with statements like that is that people will say this is why Hillary won. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #23
#DeportTrump Not Sure Oct 2016 #24
K&R! DemonGoddess Oct 2016 #25
K & R Coyotl Oct 2016 #28
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