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AmericanActivist

(1,019 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2016, 12:25 AM Dec 2016

When the media called the "election" for tRump I described my experience [View all]

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?

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When the media called the "election" for tRump I described my experience [View all] AmericanActivist Dec 2016 OP

My reaction was more like my reaction to 9/11: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #1

To me this is worse than 9/11. Much worse because this is like a poison inside the body. pangaia Dec 2016 #3

I agree. 9/11 was a swift kick in the head; this is more like The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #4

I agree with you that these events are similar or that my reactions to them are similar. AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #9

Yes it is more difficult because it is "poison" from within It is AmericanActivist Dec 2016 #11

Yes, I can relate. But it's time for me to buck up and not let these feelings keep me frozen eleny Dec 2016 #2

I felt like that for a some time radical noodle Dec 2016 #5

First upset, then anger, then vomit. Initech Dec 2016 #6

Exactly! Phoenix61 Dec 2016 #7

Giving in to fear never helps golfguru Dec 2016 #8

my guts reaction? MFM008 Dec 2016 #10