How are you guys feeling tonight?

[andwhat]

Nov 9, 2016 17:43:26 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

People need to stop fucking talking to me at the gym.
It will be good for us!
Think of how business and the market will respond, it will be best for us.

Um ... delusional old white people, you do know I'm black right?
The fuck? Stop trying to get me to celebrate with you.
And tell your old ass husband, and your douchey as fuck sons, to stop watching me when I'm stretching, and talking to me when I am trying to take a class.

I'm not here for your slave owner fantasy, get the fuck away.

It is funny how the people who were so outraged and voted for Trump because Clinton and the Dems were trying to tell them how to think are not trying to tell people how they should think and feel and what is good for them.

It is like how NOW is the time for working together and peace. What about the last 18 months assholes? These assholes turned me from a person who was not voting for Clinton to one who actually was happy to vote for her. That would not have happened if the other side hadn't been such complete assholes in every way imaginable.

On another note, there is this black female Trump supporter making the rounds on the local radio stations. I know it is the same person because the script is almost identical. She is black and female and a Trump supporter. She is glad he won. Because the Dems are trying to make this country gross with full term abortions, and gay marriage, and saying it is ok for men to dress up as women and go into the women's bathroom. And all this tolerance is destroying the country and making it gross. Fuck her.

[dr.girlfriend]

This is what DH posted on facebook: (Edited out my profession because identifying info)

Let me see if I can break it down for you. In a Trump America, the fact that I'm an intelligent compassionate person will not matter. The fact that my wife is a brilliant, accomplished [profession] will not matter. That my son is a kind caring enthusiastic and smart kid will. not. matter. The only thing that will matter is that I am black. The only thing that will matter is that my wife is a woman, an Indian woman, who "looks Muslim". that my son is a little brown boy. To the systems of power, influenced by policy, with a Republican controlled Senate and House that will let Trump do whatever the hell he wants including approving any supreme court nominee he chooses, America will become a place where my family's intelligence and compassion will prove irrelevant. And our outward appearance and my wife's gender will prove severe liabilities. And while the people in this country who felt that way about me and my family were here the whole time that Obama was president, under Trump actual policies and institutions will be shaped to turn that feeling into law. Small example, Trump's support of stop-and-frisk. Even without one change in policy my son will spend the years from 8 - 12 years old, formative years, with the most powerful man in the world telling him he's terrible. This is why I can't sleep tonight.

[DesertMoon]

When I was in Jr high my BFf and her family lied and said they were Italian when they were only a bit Italian and mostly Assyrian (middle eastern) I thought it was so weird. I get it now, and why she uses her moms maiden very Italian name as her last name, not her dads Arab LN. I thought it was rude to their dad, but now I see they did what they had to do.

[kicks]

Are there protests in your city?

I made it through French class. One girl just came at the beginning to get the homework then left saying she couldn't sit through class.

I was trying to catch up to the protest but they've made their way further up north, but I think there might be another one tomorrow.

[thejackpot]

kicks there are protests in the DC area.
Edited for clarity.

[meshaliuknits]

Nov 9, 2016 21:49:15 GMT -5 kicks said:

Are there protests in your city?

I made it through French class. One girl just came at the beginning to get the homework then left saying she couldn't sit through class.

I was trying to catch up to the protest but they've made their way further up north, but I think there might be another one tomorrow.

There have been some in Berkeley & Oakland. Things were burned & broken last night. IDK about today.

[hisno1girl]

This kind of sums it up (posted on ML)

THANK YOU WHITE PEOPLE

for telling me how it's time for us to come together.

How it's time for healing

How it's still our country

How we can just pray on it

How we must move together, united

Fuck that.

Today, I had to tell my crying granddaughter that, no, I'm not being deported because I'm Mexican.

Today, I had to re-think how I covered my bald head because it looks like a hijab.

Today, I had to console a friend who is afraid that his marriage might become invalid because his spouse is a man.

FUCK everything today. Just FUCK it.

[andwhat]

I was listening to NPR a few days before the election and they were talking about some "middle America town" and how they brought back a steel company. Well the workers who were laid off before were pissed. Because now everything was computerized and they did not have the qualifications or experience for those jobs. So the business came back. And the rich people were still the only ones making money. Why they can't realize this is beyond me. You are going to need specialized training (that companies no longer want to provide) and a HS diploma is not going to get you there.

[iammalcolmx]

Nov 10, 2016 8:04:40 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Nov 9, 2016 10:02:57 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Have you ever listened to Claude Anderson? My trainer kept trying to get me to and I listened to one of his speeches. He is big on how black people should not want integration and that if we would have focused on really being separate but equal we would be in a better place as a race. And we should have done like other immigrants and create our own supermarkets, banks/financial system, schools, etc. He has also written a few books. He (my trainer) sent me one today on Clinton, Trump, the black vote, and Obama's legacy. I am going to listen while at the gym. 

I think they can all be found on YouTube.

My mama said this all the time, that once we left our communities to go to their schools, their banks, it was the beginning of the end. 

BUT to what Claude is saying, we DID have black mainstreets and banks and white people burnt that shit down. Because they didn't want us to have any goddamn thing. 

And, all this "I survived Obama so you can deal with this" shit needs to stop. So only white men/racists/bigots/xenophobes get to be angry or upset or disillusioned? Everybody else are whiners and over exaggerating but when THEY are upset, well then it's a legitimate issue that needs to be addressed. Fucking tired of that shit. 

On a microlevel, Imma be alright. I may be black and I may be a woman, but I'm educated, I own property, I have deep savings and investments, I'm healthy (short of an accident or calamity) and I have hustled before and will again if I need to. I AM gon' be alright. My people are resilient. We survive. But these mofos dancing a jig over Trump because they think he is going to IyanlaVanzantfixtheirlives are going to get a rude awakening. Those businesses aren't coming back, a trade war will not bring jobs back to America, you won't have any insurance to cure their cancer from smoking cigarettes, drinking lead-filled water, and breathing in fumes from the coal plants and waste dumps, and there will be no social safety net to make sure they get food and shelter. They will wish they had kissed the Obama ring. 

PREACH

[skwcm80]

Nov 10, 2016 8:04:40 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Nov 9, 2016 10:02:57 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Have you ever listened to Claude Anderson? My trainer kept trying to get me to and I listened to one of his speeches. He is big on how black people should not want integration and that if we would have focused on really being separate but equal we would be in a better place as a race. And we should have done like other immigrants and create our own supermarkets, banks/financial system, schools, etc. He has also written a few books. He (my trainer) sent me one today on Clinton, Trump, the black vote, and Obama's legacy. I am going to listen while at the gym. 

I think they can all be found on YouTube.

My mama said this all the time, that once we left our communities to go to their schools, their banks, it was the beginning of the end. 

BUT to what Claude is saying, we DID have black mainstreets and banks and white people burnt that shit down. Because they didn't want us to have any goddamn thing. 

And, all this "I survived Obama so you can deal with this" shit needs to stop. So only white men/racists/bigots/xenophobes get to be angry or upset or disillusioned? Everybody else are whiners and over exaggerating but when THEY are upset, well then it's a legitimate issue that needs to be addressed. Fucking tired of that shit. 

On a microlevel, Imma be alright. I may be black and I may be a woman, but I'm educated, I own property, I have deep savings and investments, I'm healthy (short of an accident or calamity) and I have hustled before and will again if I need to. I AM gon' be alright. My people are resilient. We survive. But these mofos dancing a jig over Trump because they think he is going to IyanlaVanzantfixtheirlives are going to get a rude awakening. Those businesses aren't coming back, a trade war will not bring jobs back to America, you won't have any insurance to cure their cancer from smoking cigarettes, drinking lead-filled water, and breathing in fumes from the coal plants and waste dumps, and there will be no social safety net to make sure they get food and shelter. They will wish they had kissed the Obama ring.

All of this. I cannot wait until these assholes realize that President Cinnamon Hitler will not make their lives better.

As for me, I've hit the anger phase and I'm ready to get to work.

[andwhat]

I'm in the anger phase with you skwcm80. What do you want to burn down? Or build? But burn down

[meshaliuknits]

I'm somewhere between despair & anger. One minute I wanna do nothing but eat fast food b/c fuck it all, the next I'm mentally planning my workouts & diet to get me into peak post apocalyptic fitness b/c fuck them all.

[kicks]

Nov 10, 2016 8:04:40 GMT -5 1234FIF! said:

Nov 9, 2016 10:02:57 GMT -5 andwhat said:

Have you ever listened to Claude Anderson? My trainer kept trying to get me to and I listened to one of his speeches. He is big on how black people should not want integration and that if we would have focused on really being separate but equal we would be in a better place as a race. And we should have done like other immigrants and create our own supermarkets, banks/financial system, schools, etc. He has also written a few books. He (my trainer) sent me one today on Clinton, Trump, the black vote, and Obama's legacy. I am going to listen while at the gym. 

I think they can all be found on YouTube.

My mama said this all the time, that once we left our communities to go to their schools, their banks, it was the beginning of the end. 

BUT to what Claude is saying, we DID have black mainstreets and banks and white people burnt that shit down. Because they didn't want us to have any goddamn thing. 

And, all this "I survived Obama so you can deal with this" shit needs to stop. So only white men/racists/bigots/xenophobes get to be angry or upset or disillusioned? Everybody else is a whiner and over exaggerating but when THEY are upset, well then it's a legitimate issue that needs to be addressed. Fucking tired of that shit. 

On a microlevel, Imma be alright. I may be black and I may be a woman, but I'm educated, I own property, I have deep savings and investments, I'm healthy (short of an accident or calamity) and I have hustled before and will again if I need to. I AM gon' be alright. My people are resilient. We survive. But these mofos dancing a jig over Trump because they think he is going to IyanlaVanzantfixtheirlives are going to get a rude awakening. Those businesses aren't coming back, a trade war will not bring jobs back to America, you won't have any insurance to cure their cancer from smoking cigarettes, drinking lead-filled water, and breathing in fumes from the coal plants and waste dumps, and there will be no social safety net to make sure they get food and shelter. They will wish they had kissed the Obama ring. 

Preach.

And besides his hatred, Cheeto is a fucking billionaire who got that way by cheating workers out of money and sending his work overseas. Why the fuck would you think a billionaire cares about you? And now he is running our country and his kids are running his business like that's not a damn conflict of interest.

[raangoli]

I reposted this on IG because it is so true

[thejackpot]

I just found out one of my lifelong friends-her 25 yr old son is my godson- voted for him.
She lives in GA so her vote def mattered. Black woman, mom of three boys, super religious and middle class.
I have nothing to say to her. I feel like our relationship is done. Granted we never talked about it but I assumed she would be voting HRC. I realized she didn't on Twitter. She follows a bunch of deplorables including Trump and Pence. She liked all kinds of foolishness.
I am so hurt but there is no middle ground. You're either an advocate or an adversary. Maybe I am being over the top but this is how I feel. How could she do that??

[skwcm80]

Nov 10, 2016 9:44:24 GMT -5 andwhat said:

I'm in the anger phase with you skwcm80 . What do you want to burn down? Or build? But burn down

I want to burn down everything. I always vote but now I'm going to do my best to make my voice heard before I head to the polls. I'm also working on a list of causes to make regular donations to. 

[iammalcolmx]

One of these crackers here I KNOW voted for Trump just passed me and two other Black women in the receptionist area. I couldn't even smile at him, he got a bitch face. Oh and he is one of the Obamacare haters who has his grown married children on his health insurance.

[skwcm80]

thejackpot imo, there is no middle ground. Trump didn't put forth one coherent policy position, all he has to offer is hate, and a bunch of jobs that aren't coming back. I have nothing for anyone who cast a vote for him.

[andwhat]

I am so sorry thejackpot. That has to be a huge slap in the face. But I know I wouldn't be able to be friends with that person either. This isn't a difference of opinion. This man spews hate. She must have a lot of self-hatred.

[kicks]

These people at work are getting on my last damn nerve.

Yesterday I was in the ICU which obviously isn't an overly loud and jovial place, so I was feeling ok because I could see my patients and be to myself.

But today we had grand rounds and resident lectures and everyone is so jolly and laughing and I just can't. We are having a lunch and I was half tempted to skip it but it's free Indian food that's good. So I'm going to eat quickly and peace out and go to the office to see my patients.

I am not in the mood today.
How's everyone else doing?

[redwino]

meshaliuknits i thought i was the only one that put optimum health and a priority. I want to be ready on all fronts.

[raangoli]

Hugs RockNVoll. Having to see Brexit firsthand and then see the US choose this misogynistic pig as president definitely takes a toll on you.

Your comment about seeing where your parents grew up and lived vs how your life has been is very true for me as well. I am proud to be an American and will always be. This election has rekindled the fire in me to do and be better.

[meshaliuknits]

Nov 10, 2016 12:28:18 GMT -5 redwino said:

meshaliuknits i thought i was the only one that put optimum health and a priority. I want to be ready on all fronts.

I'm either gonna opt our early or I'm gonna OWN the post apocalyptic landscape. Imma be walking around like Tina Turner in Mad Max.

[fryjack2]

I've said that IG post about 400 times in the last 24 hours raangoli .

I am not okay. I'm mad and sad and the tears start every time I look at my boys or think of what the future might look like.

I've had to tell my own SIL to shove it when she sent me some BS about the sun will come out tomorrow, we must work together now shit. She was "just trying to stay positive." Yeah, that's not going to work for me and my Muslim family. Or my boy's best friend at school who is black, or their best friend from the day they were born who is also a Muslim, or our neighbors who are 2 dads, or the 13 year old pregnant rape victim. So shut the fuck up about trying to stay positive in your white privilge.

I went to the diversity meeting at my kids' school last night. It added a segment about the election. A big room full of rich people of all colors discussed how we explain this to our children. How we get more active in the issues that matter to us. How we continue to fight for what we believe is right even harder now. I wish I could say I left feeling any better than when I walked in.

[raangoli]

I was just talking to a friend about another mutual friend we both have and how we are so surprised by her support of Trump. My friend is first generation Chinese and is just so taken aback by this friend that she has known since middle school. My heart hurts all over again to see friendships being torn apart by Cheeto and his message of hatred.

[dr.girlfriend]

Nov 10, 2016 10:26:44 GMT -5 thejackpot said:

I just found out one of my lifelong friends-her 25 yr old son is my godson- voted for him.
She lives in GA so her vote def mattered. Black woman, mom of three boys, super religious and middle class.
I have nothing to say to her. I feel like our relationship is done. Granted we never talked about it but I assumed she would be voting HRC. I realized she didn't on Twitter. She follows a bunch of deplorables including Trump and Pence. She liked all kinds of foolishness.
I am so hurt but there is no middle ground. You're either an advocate or an adversary. Maybe I am being over the top but this is how I feel. How could she do that??

I will say that DH's mother was a one-issue voter. She was pro-life, and that was all she cared about. Any sack of shit candidate who said they were pro-life got her vote, regardless of what other disastrous policies they might have for an elderly Black woman living on disability. I can't agree with it, but at least I understand it. They think they are saving innocent little baby lives, and don't take into account all the lives lost through queer kids killing themselves and institutional racism, etc., etc. Of course, she also had two abortions when she was young and wild and planned to give DH up for adoption when she had him (and instead just plunked him in foster care for most of his formative years), so don't even get me started on that...

I have to think that's what's happening here for a lot of people.  I mean, Trump called Mexicans 'rapists' and still 1 in 3 Hispanic voters chose him?  WTF.

Donald Trump performed stronger among black and Hispanic voters than Mitt Romney did as the Republican nominee in 2012, according to NBC Exit Polls.

Tuesday's exit poll results have not yet been finalized but so far they show Trump outmatching Romney by two points in each voting bloc.

Trump claimed 29 percent of the Hispanic vote on Tuesday compared to Romney's 27 percent in 2012. With blacks, exit polls show Trump claimed 8 percent of the vote to the previous Republican nominee's 6 percent.

[05heel]

I'm just disgusted. What's worse is that I'm traveling for work, so my team wants to get together for dinner tonight. I don't know where they stand politically, but these are all wealthy white people who also happen to be senior to me in the company, so I kind of have to go. If politics comes up, I'm packing my food up and bouncing. And yes, I will pack up my steak and rolls like someone's cheap ass grandma. Lol.

[fryjack2]

Nov 10, 2016 15:20:01 GMT -5 05heel said:

I'm just disgusted. What's worse is that I'm traveling for work, so my team wants to get together for dinner tonight. I don't know where they stand politically, but these are all wealthy white people who also happen to be senior to me in the company, so I kind of have to go. If politics comes up, I'm packing my food up and bouncing. And yes, I will pack up my steak and rolls like someone's cheap ass grandma. Lol.

If you were a real cheap grandma, you would make sure they threw dessert into that to go bag too  

[fryjack2]

Nov 10, 2016 14:23:35 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Nov 10, 2016 10:26:44 GMT -5 thejackpot said:

I just found out one of my lifelong friends-her 25 yr old son is my godson- voted for him.
She lives in GA so her vote def mattered. Black woman, mom of three boys, super religious and middle class.
I have nothing to say to her. I feel like our relationship is done. Granted we never talked about it but I assumed she would be voting HRC. I realized she didn't on Twitter. She follows a bunch of deplorables including Trump and Pence. She liked all kinds of foolishness.
I am so hurt but there is no middle ground. You're either an advocate or an adversary. Maybe I am being over the top but this is how I feel. How could she do that??

I will say that DH's mother was a one-issue voter. She was pro-life, and that was all she cared about. Any sack of shit candidate who said they were pro-life got her vote, regardless of what other disastrous policies they might have.

^^^^ is pretty much West Michigan voters. 

[05heel]

Nov 10, 2016 15:56:35 GMT -5 fryjack2 said:

Nov 10, 2016 15:20:01 GMT -5 05heel said:

I'm just disgusted. What's worse is that I'm traveling for work, so my team wants to get together for dinner tonight. I don't know where they stand politically, but these are all wealthy white people who also happen to be senior to me in the company, so I kind of have to go. If politics comes up, I'm packing my food up and bouncing. And yes, I will pack up my steak and rolls like someone's cheap ass grandma. Lol.

If you were a real cheap grandma, you would make sure they threw dessert into that to go bag too  

I might just be extra petty and get myself a table for one so I can enjoy the rest of my meal in peace.