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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen the media called the "election" for tRump I described my experience
like being beaten, kicked repeatedly in the gut, badly beaten and then there's a knock at the door and it's the authorities coming to notify me of the unexpected, sudden death of a loved one, in this case, the loved one is my country, America, and all that I knew and loved about America. Then to add insult to injury, nobody will investigate the murder.
This is how I have described my experience after 11/9. Normally I am an articulate person but the shock of this travesty has left me in a place where I struggle to find my words. For at least 3 weeks and even now there is a pain in my solar plexus area like I was brutally beaten. Literally, this has been my gut reaction.
Anyone else? Anyone relate?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)It was basically, WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED? I couldn't quite process either thing for days.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)having eaten a toadstool sandwich. But my initial WTF?? reaction to both events was similar.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)I am still not processing at par. It's hard to wrap my mind around what has taken place in the USA. The shock, confusion, fear, anger, uncertainty, disgust, feeling unsafe and like I don't belong in the country I was born and raised in, worried about my fellow citizens especially the vulnerable, and more...
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)much harder to fathom this
eleny
(46,166 posts)I won't let myself be overwhelmed by fear and loathing. So I'm past what you experienced. I'm moving on guided by my strength of will.
radical noodle
(8,000 posts)Like I was in a daze. Now I'm just mad as hell.
Initech
(100,075 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)and the sad realization that America ain't exactly what I thought it was. But... that doesn't mean it can't be. Two steps forward, one step back. We WILL get there.
golfguru
(4,987 posts)We survived Reagan & 2 Bushes. Bush43 gave us Obama.
Trump will give us another Obama like president.
In the meanwhile, do the best you can and take good care.
MFM008
(19,808 posts)a nasty little stomach ulcer.
keeps you nauseous. Like the election results.....