2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]Demsrule86
(68,469 posts)Bernie did lasting damage to Hillary in the Primary. Had he not run, we would have President-elect Clinton. Bernie spent months beating up on Hillary and the Democratic Party. This election was too important t o risk a divisive primary but Bernie did it anyway. Now we will lose Roe V Wade, LGBTQ rights,Medicare, Social Security, Unions, student loans, food stamps and many other important progressive achievements. The courts will be lost for a minimum of twenty years and more likely thirty years. As usual the 'pure' among us helped the Republicans to a victory which should have been our victory. Those who helped Trump to victory also strengthened the haters among us. Yesterday my daughter was bullied at YSU in Youngstown Ohio by hateful Trump supporters. She and other students were at a Unity meeting (gay organization). Trump supporters had apparently spied on their social media to find out where they meet and showed up with hateful signs including messages that all gay people are going to hell and the Orlando shooting was justified. These kids are in danger now as Ohio is a gun state. So you are concerned with being right ( you are not right anyway), but me I have different concerns. I want to keep my daughter safe from Trump's asshole voters many of whom are armed. So a giant fuck you goes to any who enabled a Trump win regardless of ideology. You strengthened the haters...and so it begins.