November 10, 2016

Around 2:30 AM when the news broke that Hillary had conceded I was relieved. I was relieved because this completely over the top hostile election was finally over. Unfortunately I could not have been more wrong. Pence introduced the new President elect without a single harsh word about the opponent. Trump came out and gave a reconciliatory acceptance speech that started off with thanking Hillary for a hard fought campaign as well as her 30 years of service to the nation. Oddly enough, there was no sighting or word from Hillary until the following day.

The posts on social media had already started but have now gone into full swing. People that I once thought to be not only educated, socially concerned, and generally speaking good people have turned into vile creatures using language that pales by comparison to anything used by the candidates. I do understand what it feels like when your candidate has lost but this is inexcusable. Encouraging violence and demonstrations against the very process they pretend to idealize.

My concern began to grow as the morning came and no word from Hillary. After being nearly 2 hours late to the morning announcement that Hillary was going to speak at 9:30 Kane takes the stage and cannot help himself and has to slip in a few backhanded swings at the opposition. Hillary herself never really comes clean and one can definitely sense that she is angry and simply cannot believe that she had lost. She does offer the ”open mind” and “give him a chance” gesture but never really gives in.

Result, exactly what one should expect when the campaign on both sides is based on garbage and not the issues. Surrogates have run amok encouraging hateful angry rhetoric and so called celebrities calling people stupid, ignorant, racists for voting for the opposition. Kids are out in the streets repeating the trash they have been fed “Misogynist”, “Bigot”, “Homophobic”, “Racist”, and worse. Where is the leadership from the left speaking out and actually admonishing this behavior? No celebrities on the television reaching out to the same followers they had during the campaign, halfhearted Hillary concession speech, or limp transition talk from the White House. Even the responsible media at MSNBC cannot help themselves by finding surrogates to interview that actually justify riotous behavior. This nonsense should not have gone on during the campaign and is unacceptable after the process has taken its course.

I have tried to remember and I can’t recall any protests much less a riot after Obama was elected (either time). Shame on the so-called progressive leadership, shame on the leftist media.