> but perhaps it's time we on the left said loudly "We hear you, and we understand." Yes! A friend of mine was expressing exactly this sentiment to me the othe

> but perhaps it's time we on the left said loudly "We hear you, and we understand." Yes! A friend of mine was expressing exactly this sentiment to me the other day. One good result of this election is that it's made me aware of the sense of unhappiness and despair that a large portion of the country has; a portion of the country that I never think about or really ever sympathize with. These people have real grievances with the system that didn't help them, but those grievances are being overshadowed by their overtly racist and xenophobic solutions. Everyone should take this away from this election: lots of people are unhappy for legitimate reasons and we need real solutions to help them, or the racist solutions will have a strong appeal.