Comments on: The Ugliest Day In America

By: siska

siska — Sun, 28 May 2017 08:20:00 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:43:00 +0000

I never quite understood why Hillary was so unpopular with Republicans. Most people I understood why they didn’t like Hillary were very liberal. If they weren’t, they could never get specific about why they hated her. It makes me so sad. I don’t think everyone who voted for Trump are racist, just naive about what their vote meant. Even my in-laws (who didn’t vote for Trump) had no idea the scale of the election. They were surprised by all the protests while in California for a business trip, and didn’t have a clue that the protests were EVERYWHERE. I had family who didn’t vote because they “didn’t like either candidate” and it just tears me apart when these people had every reason to vote for Hillary. It just makes me frustrated how little people know about Trump and they never questioned it. We still keep taking Trump’s bait of dumb tweets instead of talking about policy and what is going on with our government.

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:58:00 +0000

Your opinion is bigoted and disgusting and won’t be tolerated here. Bye bye, reader of two years. You do not belong here.

By: Tera

Tera — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:56:00 +0000

Wow. I believe I’m the first one to say I’ve been a reader of yours for over 2 years and I’m ssssooooo happy Hillary Clinton wasn’t elected. Mind you I’m no trump fan either. Good grief how many more lgtb people do we need fighting for “egual” rights?! Its all just a fad for attention. Look back to the 80-90′s… it was rare. Now it’s just trendy. Ridiculous! Good grief people. Get a grip on real life!

By: Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah Zimmerman — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:26:00 +0000

also i totally fail at practising what i preach – i judge people almost instantly and find it so hard to get past. I guess I’m preachin’ ‘cos I need to hear it so much… thank you for the conversation

By: Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah Zimmerman — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 06:17:00 +0000

Thanks Sayward – yes, that anger is so valid. And when the first waves subside, I so encourage your efforts toward empathy. empathy for the bigots, the xenophobes… in our corner of the world, we’ve had a few issues playing out in the press lately around immigration and particularly anti-Asian sentiment. Of course a primary motivator for a lot of the (all?) hateful comments is fear. House prices are rising and people are concerned they won’t be able to afford to live where their jobs are, they worry that the inflation will drive things they’d expected to have in their lives out of their reach – and the easiest and most visible enemy is the ‘new people’ (note – asian and particularly Chinese communities in NZ, as in the US, have been strong contributors to our communities since day 1 but that gets forgotten) who are buying ‘all the houses’. Myself, I know that the causes of the housing crisis are so much more complex – property market legislation, economic growth, social inequalities with all sorts of drivers, and the laws NZers made ourselves about who can and can’t buy property here. But the ‘racist’ people I have a problem with – a lot wouldn’t know where to go for the information I have that would ‘set them straight’, or the people they love and look up to insist on a racist point of view. What chance do they have? What’s more, these people will never listen to a new way of thinking if it comes from someone telling them they’re stupid. I need to remember and to honestly accept that these people are essentially good and intelligent, if we have any way of changing each other’s thinking. Gosh sorry for the long post – I’ve been thinking about this at work today, it’s really at the centre of where I believe the only potential for growth lies.

By: Crystal Dicus

Crystal Dicus — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:55:00 +0000

Thank You!!

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:11:00 +0000

“If the government is going to fail us, we have to rely on each other” YES! Community, unity, together. Now more than ever. Much love to you too Elle. Were going to take it back!

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:11:00 +0000

Fist up to you Lysette! ♥

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 06:53:00 +0000

I feel you Grace. We truly are lucky, and a little bit isolated, to be living in southern California. I am so grateful that I live in this beautiful progressive place, but we need to remind ourselves that the rest of the country is NOT this way. We need to remain diligent and watchful and we need to stay connected! This election happened because we’ve been disconnected, and we need to make sure that never happens again. Let’s fight, together, to make it right!