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I'm pretty sure the media has a large part to blame. By getting the view out that Trump was so bad, people started really believing it. You can see it in articl

I'm pretty sure the media has a large part to blame. By getting the view out that Trump was so bad, people started really believing it. You can see it in articles or tweets where parents say their young children are frightened. Kids don't analyze politics, they just believe what you tell them. So what have these kids been told or seen that actually made them scared? After the election I saw people, smart people that work in the physical sciences, crying. Yelling that people will be killed now. That they should give up on their careers as it no longer matters. These people obviously have bought into something along the lines of "literally Hitler". And if you really believe that, then his supporters are "basically Nazis". And given how Nazis are portrayed (and not just them, anyone involved in Germany's WWII effort is labeled a Nazi regardless if they were), anyone remotely like them forfeits all rights. So it's not about disagreeing on any particular issues. It's that in their mind, the US just elected a monster and there's no excusing it. This makes sense if you believe he's literally an evil monster. Just saying "politics!" doesn't give people a free pass to think or do anything at all.

boobsbr 9y ago
> After the election I saw people, smart people that work in the physical sciences, crying. Yelling that people will be killed now. That they should give up on their careers as it no longer matters. The reactions captured on video seem to indicate some serious psychological issues with these people.
archagon 9y ago
Trump is unlike any president we’ve had before and crying is hardly an overreaction. Many government organizations are losing funding and leadership. We might lose our access to healthcare. A number of Trump's new hires were chosen to dismantle or loot their respective branches. There's a non-zero chance we'll get into a nuclear exchange with North Korea. The White House routinely issues statements supporting police overreach and denying domestic terrorism. Climate change is outright mocked. Our traditional alliances are in shambles, even among our neighbors. The only thing tempering Trump's authoritarian impulses is seemingly the fact that the Republican Party is in total disarray. And to top it all off, the man spews abhorrent, childish garbage almost daily on Twitter. Our fucking president! All this was easily predictable before the election. How is this flaming pile of garbage not worth crying about? Are you seriously suggesting that any of this is normal?
- MichaelGG 9y ago
  I think crying and screaming, saying "women will be killed now" and "I might as well give up [on my PhD] because this is the end" is an overreaction, yes. I don't think many people cried and were ever-so-distraught because of climate change being mocked, or Trump's twitter. No, they bought into the whole "literal Hitler" nonsense, and truthfully thought we'd have violence all over, like Right Wing Death Squads.

boobsbr 9y ago

> After the election I saw people, smart people that work in the physical sciences, crying. Yelling that people will be killed now. That they should give up on their careers as it no longer matters. The reactions captured on video seem to indicate some serious psychological issues with these people.

archagon 9y ago

Trump is unlike any president we’ve had before and crying is hardly an overreaction. Many government organizations are losing funding and leadership. We might lose our access to healthcare. A number of Trump's new hires were chosen to dismantle or loot their respective branches. There's a non-zero chance we'll get into a nuclear exchange with North Korea. The White House routinely issues statements supporting police overreach and denying domestic terrorism. Climate change is outright mocked. Our traditional alliances are in shambles, even among our neighbors. The only thing tempering Trump's authoritarian impulses is seemingly the fact that the Republican Party is in total disarray. And to top it all off, the man spews abhorrent, childish garbage almost daily on Twitter. Our fucking president! All this was easily predictable before the election. How is this flaming pile of garbage not worth crying about? Are you seriously suggesting that any of this is normal?

MichaelGG 9y ago
I think crying and screaming, saying "women will be killed now" and "I might as well give up [on my PhD] because this is the end" is an overreaction, yes. I don't think many people cried and were ever-so-distraught because of climate change being mocked, or Trump's twitter. No, they bought into the whole "literal Hitler" nonsense, and truthfully thought we'd have violence all over, like Right Wing Death Squads.