Let me start out by saying this: I know there will be people who read this piece and comment and lash out and lurk on my page telling me I’m a conservative and have no idea what I’m talking about. So, if you are one of those people who are planning on doing that before even reading the rest of this — please just stop now.
This is not a post attacking liberals, it is a different perspective of thinking for people who may not have thought this way before. So, like this piece eventually says — please keep your hateful words to yourself.
Anyways, I get it, your chosen candidate lost and you feel betrayed and hopeless. I understand the feeling of overwhelming fear but also anger because you know that the choices that the next president makes for the next four, maybe eight years will not be what you agree with.
We’ve all felt it during one of the elections when the results come in and it’s not what you wanted. Your heart begins pounding and you get this feeling you aren’t sure what to do with. Maybe you start crying, maybe you’re yelling, whatever your reaction may be it isn’t a positive one. I get it. I’ve had those feelings.
How you can say that you voted for someone because you wanted hatred to end but then turn around and make hateful threats because your person didn’t win is something that I don’t get.
What I don’t understand is how someone can say that they want all these positive changes to take place, but when their chosen candidate doesn’t win they immediately give up and begin saying how they no longer want to live in America.
I don’t get why instead of hoping that a president they may not like still succeeds and helps the well being of our future, people would genuinely rather see him fail so that they can say they were right all along.
What I don’t understand is how you can truly give up on being an American because the person you wanted to win, didn’t.
Since Donald Trump became the president elect, a large amount of negativity came about throughout the U.S. However this week it has become even worse. There is hatred, there is violence, there is brutality.
It is your right to voice your opinion and fight for what you want, it is not your right to hurt innocent people along the way. For those who can march innocently, so be it but that is not always the case.
Many people are planning to attend the inauguration in hopes of protesting the swearing in of Trump. But what I hope these people realize is he will not be the one who is hurt by these decisions you are making. On Friday, January 20th Donald Trump will become the next President of the United States, with his family standing by his side.
So I encourage you to think about the people who you will really be hurting. The people that have no relation to the feelings that you are having.
Trump’s family who has done nothing but support the man they love just as we would do if it was our own family member in the same position. This is a memorable moment for the innocent family members, who have already faced so much hatred even though they are not him.
The first responders that leave their house in the morning and kiss their families goodbye because the protests may become so violent they might not make it home.
The innocent people who will be there supporting the person they voted for using their right as an American citizen. They may have different opinions than you, but it doesn’t mean they’re bad people.
I also encourage you to think about the Veterans who put their life on the line for you, before you burn that American flag. The one’s who have lost their lives or made it home but will never live the same life they once did before serving.
Please think about these innocent people who have done nothing to deserve the pain that may be possible from these protests.
Politics are personal, they are emotional and I get that. But remember the ones you are hurting in the process.