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Nov. 8th, 2016 11:25 pmMy first thought after waking up this evening, having no idea whatsoever what the voting results are thus far, was to exclaim to everyone out there, "Congratulations! Your scumbag beat the other scumbag!" Or perhaps, "The scumbag you dislike a little less beat the one you dislike a bit more."
I'll be honest, I do hope Trump wins. I don't actually think he's a scumbag. A narcissistic, shallow, egotistical jackass, sure, but nothing like Hillary. I think that he surrounds himself with people who are good at what they do. Hillary...wants to be obeyed. I've read a good number of the more weighty wikileaks emails, and even her own people don't like her or think much of her as person. I honestly don't think there was a good choice in this election, but who really does, yeah?
I do think, however, that regardless of who wins, the media sphere is going to be a shit-show for a bit. Either decrying the results and wailing that the end is nigh and that they're moving to Canada (you never hear anyone say they want to move to Mexico), or they're smugly patting themselves on the backs for defeating those fools. The problem is, this whole election was just proof that people are not happy with the system. This is a fairly close election thus far, and loudly decrying fully half of the country is stupid. Like, really stupid. I tend to disagree with the liberal types on some fairly major issues, but I don't think they're stupid or racist as a whole. Misguided some, and I disagree with their arguments, but I don't hate them or try to treat them as somehow sub-human. But I've got to say, I've not seen anything approaching civility from most folks on the left. When your response to half the country saying that they're angry with the current system to the point that they want Trump is to call them all racists and bigots, stupid and backwards, you're really not helping anything. I've not seen many of the talking heads out there going, "you know, I totally disagree with these folks, but I can understand where they're coming from."
Seeing as how much the left harps on inclusivity and how we all need to be less judgmental, you'd think they wouldn't knee-jerk call everyone they disagree with as monsters. I don't like when the right does it either, but I see it happen way more from the media towards the right than towards the left. I never heard Trump call all of Hillary's supporters names. He talks a lot of shit, but at least he seems to do so fairly evenly. I didn't vote for him, but I sure as hell didn't vote for her. I don't appreciate being called names just because I agree with some of his points.
I'll be honest, I do hope Trump wins. I don't actually think he's a scumbag. A narcissistic, shallow, egotistical jackass, sure, but nothing like Hillary. I think that he surrounds himself with people who are good at what they do. Hillary...wants to be obeyed. I've read a good number of the more weighty wikileaks emails, and even her own people don't like her or think much of her as person. I honestly don't think there was a good choice in this election, but who really does, yeah?
I do think, however, that regardless of who wins, the media sphere is going to be a shit-show for a bit. Either decrying the results and wailing that the end is nigh and that they're moving to Canada (you never hear anyone say they want to move to Mexico), or they're smugly patting themselves on the backs for defeating those fools. The problem is, this whole election was just proof that people are not happy with the system. This is a fairly close election thus far, and loudly decrying fully half of the country is stupid. Like, really stupid. I tend to disagree with the liberal types on some fairly major issues, but I don't think they're stupid or racist as a whole. Misguided some, and I disagree with their arguments, but I don't hate them or try to treat them as somehow sub-human. But I've got to say, I've not seen anything approaching civility from most folks on the left. When your response to half the country saying that they're angry with the current system to the point that they want Trump is to call them all racists and bigots, stupid and backwards, you're really not helping anything. I've not seen many of the talking heads out there going, "you know, I totally disagree with these folks, but I can understand where they're coming from."
Seeing as how much the left harps on inclusivity and how we all need to be less judgmental, you'd think they wouldn't knee-jerk call everyone they disagree with as monsters. I don't like when the right does it either, but I see it happen way more from the media towards the right than towards the left. I never heard Trump call all of Hillary's supporters names. He talks a lot of shit, but at least he seems to do so fairly evenly. I didn't vote for him, but I sure as hell didn't vote for her. I don't appreciate being called names just because I agree with some of his points.
