Trump has changed my world view in a profound way.

[Squinch]

13. NO! No, no, no! You can't lose faith! Yes. We are in a terrible time. Yes,

truly evil people are in charge, and they are being egged on by a legion of evil that has been quietly lurking in our towns and cities for years while we went about our business.

BUT also, the normal electorate got lazy in this election. Despite all the shit they throw at us, and that includes hacking, if we can get the electorate fired up - and I think the craven Republican cabal is helping us do that - then we can beat them.

There are hugely greater numbers of us than them.

There have ALWAYS been un-reconcilable factions within the US. We have NEVER given up against them. If you think it is bad now, think of what it was like when those people got off the bus in Montgomery and the dogs went at them. If they could withstand that and make progress against the evil people holding the dogs, then certainly WE can hold the line, and hold the faith, and make our way back from this.

There is a new-ish biography about the friendship between Churchill and Roosevelt. We should all read it. Churchill faced impossible odds, much worse than what we are in now. He never allowed himself to consider defeat at the hands of evil. And I am not using hyperbole when I use that word. They are powerful and they are awful. But we CANNOT let ourselves ever consider that they will ultimately destroy our ideals