To be so disappointed in people - Trump voters especially

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I feel absolutely stunned that despite all that has been said and done Trump is likely to get the chance to make the world burn a little faster.

I am afraid for a future so full of anger and hate.

Its not anger its fear.

That's what happens when you have daughters and see people want rapists in charge.

People who think like you need to do some very rapid self reflection and understand why Trump has had the landslide victory he has. There is only so far "all Trump voters are racist idiots" will get you. The world has had enough of the Left's DEI wokeisms and it's human nature to want a strong leader (even with faults). Honestly the lack of understanding as to what is happening is reflective of the arrogance held by many on the Left. Either learn or be prepared to be very very shocked going forward.

Exactly- somewhat ironically diversity has actually driven people more apart as it’s concentrated on differences rather than similarities. It has driven tribalism. No amount of electric cars or recycling of yoghurt pots is going to counter over population, consumerism and the natural reaction of resource guarding.

I teach my kids to be kind, honest, fair.

Where are the leaders we can look up to?

We might not always have the same beliefs but we should be able to respect our leaders.

I made 5 lovely friends in the USA earlier this year. One is a Turkish gay man who lives with his disabled partner. They all are rejoicing. I cannot get my head round it. Truly.

And anyone who isn't an able bodied straight white male.

Can you explain how citing Trump would be in the best interests of any woman, or any ordinary person?
Conservative is a bit different - they had made a mess but they aren't in any way as extreme as Trump and his team. I don't agree with people who voted Tory this time, but it's a choice I can begin to understand. Trump is not.
And in not being 'allowed' to disagree, Trump has made very serious threats against the life and liberty of people who disagree with him. Doesn't that worry you at all?

She didn’t lose because she’s a woman. She lost because she was a rubbish VP and would have been a terrible president.

I’m over the moon! Trump all the way!

100% this.
All the justifications of WHY it happened cannot erase the fact that people chose this vile man. Justifying it doesn't wash away the stench of condonation and the complicity in what you know is coming, especially for women and minorities.

It is in the interests of those wishing for power, to keep a large part of the population ignorant and bigoted, in order to have an easy route for fanning their diiscontent and anger into flames at the whim and will of the powerful

This works best for authoritarian/conservative candidates and isn't confined to the US. You see it time and time again in the same rural, uneducated, poor regions. The ones who never seem to understand that they are voting against their own interests even when they are suffering the consequences. Those same regions where whole communities will vote for who their church leaders tell them is 'God's chosen' candidate. Which, in the US, was never going to be a black woman as I'm sure most people know but few will admit.
The first sign of any change in the status quo in those southern US states and it is gerrymandered right out of there.
The whole US voting system is inherently racist, and there is absolutely no political equity, yet the US clings to it with a passion that speaks volumes 🤷‍♀️

No idea what you're talking about.

I was responding to OP but the same applies to you. Trump is not going to rape your daughters.

Maybe stop with the hysteria and hyperbole and stop stirring up stuff online.

It's done.

I think all parties need to focus on jobs and the economy. That is clearly what the majority care about. Kamala didnt talk enough about that. Or maybe I missed it.

After Brexit and Trump mark 1 I’m not surprised anymore.

Because once you get into the promised land you want to pull up the drawbridge behind you.

But it doesnt though - If you're not a WHITE MALE and you voted for Trump then who else do you have to blame?

Seriously, you voted for a CONVICTED CRIMINAL literally, how stupid are you?

Fantastic news. I just love it. And the best bit is seeing you lot melt down.

It's quite simple really.

Americans prefer convicted rapists to women.

She wouldn't have been as bad as Liz Truss. Nothing like.

if you’re going to play that game, I’ll just broaden it out, are you normally such a bigot generalising about groups of millions of people?

Might be because the woman and her followers couldn’t actually define one.

Not as stupid as those who all assume everybody talking about USpolitics mist be American.

To quote Biden "If you don't vote for me, you're not really black".

That is the attitude that I'm talking about.

Well if that's their reason, then they're even more stupid.

I said Americans are largely stupid, greedy and unprogressive - largely because obviously not very many of them. I stand by that and this vote has proved it definitively, not that I love by any means everythign about the Democrats.

So someone else's daughter was ok?

No hyperbole. Just fact.